MULTAN, June 2nd:The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) will protest the imposition of the value added tax (VAT) in the National Assembly (NA), Makhdoom Javed Hashmi, MNA and senior Vice President of PML-N assured to traders delegation led by Khawaja Muhammad Shafiq, Khalid Mehmood Qureshi and Jaffar Shah here on Wednesday.Hashmi said that the government should keep in view the interests of the public while preparing the federal budget 2010-11.PML-N Central Senior Vice president said that the PML-N has prepared its strategy regarding the budget and the party would play a more effective role in the upcoming budget session of the NA. Javed Hashmi warned that if the government failed to provide relief to the masses in the budget, the people would take to the roads to get their basic rights. He said that the PML-N would resist the imposition of VAT no matter how much the government supported it. Hashmi criticised the reduction in petroleum prices and said that the prices of petroleum products in the international market were lower compared to the prices in the country. He said the government should stop playing number games with the masses. The PML-N leader said that the government should solve the problems confronting the masses or it would lose public support. The PML-N leader warned that the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP)-led government should avoid a clash with the judiciary. He said that if the government clashed with the judiciary not only the opposition but other political parties would also not engage with it. The PML-N leader said that the government should respect the judiciary or it would have to face the wrath of the nation. Hashmi added that the government should ask its ministers and other officials not to make any anti-judiciary statements and should concentrate on resolving the problems of the masses or it would be difficult for it to complete its tenure of five years. The PML-N leader criticised the statement of government lawyer Dr Basit regarding the Swiss cases against President Asif Ali Zardari and termed it as a move to escalate the tensions between the judiciary and parliament.