Emergency to be lifted soon: Shujaat
By Khalid Amin

RAWALPINDI—PML-Q president Chaudhry Shujjat Hussain has said emergency will be lifted ahead of general elections.
“ Musharraf will be now civilian president. Decision to lift emergency will soon be taken. Emergency will be lifted before general elections. We don’t need the crutches of emergency”, he said this while addressing allotment letters distribution ceremony at journalist colony Lohi Bher here Wednesday.
He went on to say democratic system had moved ahead successfully. “ President Musharraf had shed uniform. He will now be president of the whole country. President is symbol of federation. We will seek no favour from him. He is president of all parties now. Therefore, he should be supported, Shujjat underscored.
He held transfer of power had taken place peacefully for the first time in the history of country. It is a good tradition, he added. All the pledges made by president Musharraf now stand fulfilled, he underlined.
He regretted Nawaz Sharif and Benazir Bhutto had ararted giving statements against us soon after their return to country. We are not giving any response in this connection so that they could get any opportunity to flee from Pakistan, he noted. Whosoever emerges successful in the elections will be acceptable to us, he announced.
“We have worked for the journalists cause without fear, he told We will continue it in future too, he added.
“The plan to allot plots to the journalists was worked out by me”, he added. Later the journalist made direct dialing with Chaudhry Pervez Elahi, he added. But it is I who is distributing allotment letters, he told.
Chaudhry Shujjat distributed allotment letters among the journalists.