ISLAMABAD, Sep 21:Minister for Science and Technology Chaudhry FawadHussain Monday said opposition parties just wanted relaxation in thecorruption cases, being faced by their leaders in different courts,and permission to send ‘Maryam Bibi’ [daughter of Nawaz Sharif) toLondon, for which they were attempting to malign state institutions.
“All dispute is of sending Maryam Bibi to London; and givingrelaxation to opposition parties in court cases,” he said whileaddressing a news conference along with Minister for Information andBroadcasting Senator Shibli Faraz, Foreign Minister Shah MehmoodQureshi and Minister for Planning, Development and Special InitiativesAsad Umar.
In the past, Fawad said it was on record that PML-N leader NawazSharif had been getting unprecedented relief from courts in differentcases, but now when his [Nawaz] corruption had fully exposed, he wastrying to malign state institutions.
He said the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) government, under theleadership of Prime Minister Imran Khan, time and again asked that itwas ready to discuss national matters with opposition parties onnegotiating table, but there would be no compromise on nationalinterests.
The minister said Nawaz Sharif and PML-N leadership had been an‘integral part’ of all conspiracies hatched against democracy in thecountry.
Fawad said whatever Nawaz Sharif said in his speech at the oppositionparties gathering through a video link on Sunday, was very much-linkedand matching with the narrative of a pro-India group stationed inAmerica.
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“Nawaz’s speech was celebrated in India,” he said adding, oppositionparties’ narrative was developed out of Pakistan in collaboration withanti-state elements.He said criticizing state institutions was tantamount to making thestate controversial, and it was exactly what the anti-state elementswanted.
Terming the opposition’s gathering ‘Abu Bachao Mohim’ (Save FatherMovement), Fawad reminded to the PML-N allies that in 2002 when lateKalsoom Nawaz had launched a movement against the government, NawazSharif had left the country after striking a deal and leaving his ownparty in lurch.
Now, he said, the same was being repeated as Nawaz Sharif whilesitting in luxury flats of London was asking the public to come to thestreets. He advised the PML-N allies to beware of such tactics,keeping in view the past experiences.
The minister appreciated the PTI government for live airing thespeeches of opposition leaders from the Sunday’s conference as wellfrom the Parliament House, terming it the beginning of a newtradition.He said the media was enjoying full freedom in the country as therewas no bar on it about coverage of opposition parties.
