Prime Minister Imran Khan has said the government is ready to cooperatewith the opposition for the sake of the country and democracy butemphatically stated that no compromise will be made on corruption.
Speaking at the joint Sitting of the Parliament today (Wednesday), he saidFATF related legislation passed by the House today was very important forthe country’s future and to steer it out of the grey list.
Thanking his party members and allies for getting passed FATF relatedbills, he said their conduct has proved that they stand by Pakistan. He wasof the view that failing to pass these laws could push Pakistan toblacklist which could have serious economic consequences for the country.
The Prime Minister regretted the posture of Opposition parties, saying theycreated hurdles in the way of this legislation. He said the Oppositiontried to blackmail the government to protect their vested interests and thelooted money of their top leaders. For this purpose, they proposedthirty-four Amendments in NAB law. He questioned how a country couldprogress when billions of dollars were laundered abroad. This only putspressure on our foreign exchange reserves. He said had the top oppositionleaders not involved in money laundering then why were they opposing theanti-money laundering bill.
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Talking about the recent incident of rape on Motorway, the Prime Ministersaid that a comprehensive legislation will be enacted to award exemplarypunishment to the sex offenders. He said that this piece of legislationwill also provide protection to the women and the children. He said it willalso ensure protection of the witnesses to convict the persons involved insuch ghastly acts.
The Prime Minister said that the rape incident on Motorway shook the entirenation. He said one accused person has been arrested while the other willalso be arrested soon. He stressed the need for registration of the sexoffenders as is the case in the rest of the world.
