SUKKUR: Leader of Opposition in the National Assembly Khursheed Shah has said the PPP wants to resolve issues through talks in parliament.

But he also warned that if the issues were not resolved in parliament, ultimately people would have no option except taking to streets, which would create an awkward situation for the government. However, he expressed the hope that the government would not allow the situation to deteriorate to that extent.

Speaking at a press conference at his residence here on Sunday, Mr Shah said that everyone would be held accountable, including those who had got their bank loans waived off, whether they were in government or opposition because law was equal for everybody.

In a veiled reference to Imran Khan, he said that some people would try to sabotage the process of preparation of terms of reference for the Panamagate inquiry commission but he was hopeful that the prime minister and his ministers would find a way out.

He said that the PPP had never been and would never be part of a conspiracy (against democracy).

Addressing the prime minister, he said that he should realise that when the `game was over` for him, the PPP came forward and saved democracy from derailing.

He said that the PPP had always struggled for promotion of democracy, adding that whenever a conspiracy was hatched against democracy, the party acted as a strong shield against the plot.

In an apparent reference to the sit-in staged by the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf in Islamabad, Mr Shah said that when the government faced a difficult situation, thePPP supported not the government but the democratic system, adding that today also it was doing so.

He said that it was strange that the country had no foreign minister and `two foreign secretaries` between whom there was no understanding.

He said that the government had failed to solve problems of people who could not get relief from any government initiative.

He said that cotton production in Punjab had decreased by 60 per cent and investment in the country had come down by 13pc as compared to 2012.

He said that the slogan of ending power loadshedding had lost its charm. `The people in power initially said loadshedding would be ended within a few days but later they extended the period to two months, then to six months and finally to two years.

But the nation today is still experiencing severe loadshedding and now the rulers are saying that it will end in 2018.

The government would not be able to end loadshedding even in 2018, the PPP leader predicted.

He said that during the PPP government the cost of producing electricity was higher but now it had decreased to only Rs7 per unit. Similarly, he said, oil prices had decreased but no relief had been given to people.

He said that it was feasible to generate electricity in Thar area (of Sindh) by using coal but it was beyond comprehension why the government was not ready to establish coal-based power projects in the area.

In the same breath, he criticised the launching of coal-fired power projects in Punjab, saying they were poisonous for human health and expressing the apprehension that Punjab (ecology) would be damaged in 10 to 12 years due to such projects.PPP supported not the government but the democratic system, adding that today also it was doing so.

He said that it was strange that the country had no foreign minister and `two foreign secretaries` between whom there was no understanding.

He said that the government had failed to solve problems of people who could not get relief from any government initiative.

He said that cotton production in Punjab had decreased by 60 per cent and investment in the country had come down by 13pc as compared to 2012.

He said that the slogan of ending power loadshedding had lost its charm. `The people in power initially said loadshedding would be ended within a few days but later they extended the period to two months, then to six months and finally to two years.

But the nation today is still experiencing severe loadshedding and now the rulers are saying that it will end in 2018.

The government would not be able to end loadshedding even in 2018, the PPP leader predicted.

He said that during the PPP government the cost of producing electricity was higher but now it had decreased to only Rs7 per unit. Similarly, he said, oil prices had decreased but no relief had been given to people.

He said that it was feasible to generate electricity in Thar area (of Sindh) by using coal but it was beyond comprehension why the government was not ready to establish coal-based power projects in the area.

In the same breath, he criticised the launching of coal-fired power projects in Punjab, saying they were poisonous for human health and expressing the apprehension that Punjab (ecology) would be damaged in 10 to 12 years due to such projects.PPP supported not the government but the democratic system, adding that today also it was doing so.

He said that it was strange that the country had no foreign minister and `two foreign secretaries` between whom there was no understanding.

He said that the government had failed to solve problems of people who could not get relief from any government initiative.

He said that cotton production in Punjab had decreased by 60 per cent and investment in the country had come down by 13pc as compared to 2012.

He said that the slogan of ending power loadshedding had lost its charm. `The people in power initially said loadshedding would be ended within a few days but later they extended the period to two months, then to six months and finally to two years.

But the nation today is still experiencing severe loadshedding and now the rulers are saying that it will end in 2018.

The government would not be able to end loadshedding even in 2018, the PPP leader predicted.

He said that during the PPP government the cost of producing electricity was higher but now it had decreased to only Rs7 per unit. Similarly, he said, oil prices had decreased but no relief had been given to people.

He said that it was feasible to generate electricity in Thar area (of Sindh) by using coal but it was beyond comprehension why the government was not ready to establish coal-based power projects in the area.

In the same breath, he criticised the launching of coal-fired power projects in Punjab, saying they were poisonous for human health and expressing the apprehension that Punjab (ecology) would be damaged in 10 to 12 years due to such projects.