*ISLAMAMABAD -**PM Imran Khan roars in front of Pakistani community in jampacked Washington Stadium in his address during US visit. *
* Fazlur Rehman, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and the PML-N have joined hands andthey have just one goal: hearing me say those three letters, N R O, saidPrime Minister Imran Khan. *
At his rally at the Capital One Arena in Washington DC, the premier said nomatter what happens, the opposition will have to return the money theystole from the country.
These people are trying to exert foreign pressure in the hopes of gettingan NRO, he said. You can get together, hold rallies, I’ll provide thecontainers, he said.
In four to six months we’ll be out of this difficult time, he promised thepacked arena. But he warned that all traders would have to be registeredand pay taxes.
If everyone pays their taxes, paying back Pakistan’s debts wont bedifficult, he added.
Nawaz Sharif asks for food, an air conditioner and TV facilities in jail,said PM Khan. About 80% of Pakistan doesn’t have an AC and 70% doesn’t havea TV, he said. Half the public would gladly go to jail if they got thesefacilities, he said.
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If you get everything in jail then where’s the punishment, he asked. “WhenI go back to Pakistan, I am ending these facilities,” he promised. MaryamBibi will make a lot of noise but there’s a simple way to get out of jail,he said. “Give back the money.”
He said Asif Zardari goes to jail and then straight to the hospital. Nowwe’ll keep Zardari in jail but without the air conditioner or TV, hevowed. It’s very easy to get out of jail, give the money back, hereiterated. One of PM Khan’s campaign promises was to get Pakistan’s stolenmoney back.
The prime minister poked fun at his predecessor Nawaz Sharif for looking atnotes while speaking to foreign leaders. “When I meet President Trump, whatshould we discuss? I’ll pull out notes from my pocket while talking tohim,” he said.
He also said that when he said, years ago, that there was no militarysolution in Afghanistan, everyone bashed him. They called me Taliban Khanand terrorist and God knows what else, he said. Today, God is great andeveryone says that there is no military solution to the conflict, PM Khansaid.
