10-05-2010, 01:33 PM
LAHORE: Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah has vowed to rehabilitate all flood victims in the province without levying any new tax and by using the available resources. Talking to the representatives of the print and electronic media at the Punjab Assembly cafeteria prior to the legislature’s session starting today (Tuesday), he said the Punjab government did not believe in putting any extra burden on the masses and no new tax would be imposed in the province in the name of the floods. “The government will give top priority to rehabilitation of the flood victims using its available resources and no flood tax will be levied. I assure the people of Punjab through the media that the government has no plans to collect any extra money to help out the flood-affected families,” the law minister said. Discussing the lawyers issue, he strongly ciriticised the ransacking of the LHC CJ’s office, saying that some “black sheep” in the guise of lawyers wanted to create a rift between the bar and benches. He alleged that Federal Law Minister Babar Awan was backing such elements.