ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday came down hard on theopposition parties stating that his government would not be blackmailed byopposition’s tactics and no corrupt element will be given NRO. He said theone-point agenda of all “jobless politicians” giving a call for publicgatherings against the government was to cover up their corruption by notconforming to the rule of law.
“Do as many Jalsas (public gatherings) as you want, but remember that incase of violating law, you will be put in an ordinary and not a VIP jail,”he warned the politicians, who had gathered at a platform to save theircorruption.
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Prime Minister Imran Khan warned the leaders of opposition parties thatthey would be put in jail if they would break the law. This statement byPrime Minister comes as the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) of majoropposition parties is all set to kick off anti-government protests nextweek.
The prime minister, while terming the rule of law the basis of a civilisedsociety, said the ruling elite class had caused irreparable losses to thenational economy through plunder and corruption during their tenures.
“Sitting in London and asking the people to take to streets is meant toshow that the rulers, who had looted the country for 30 years, are abovelaw,” he said while addressing a seminar of All Pakistan Insaf LawyersForum (ILF) at the Convention Centre in the federal capital.
Those leaders, he said, were now maligning the government, the army and thejudiciary, in order to get relief in the form of an NRO (NationalReconciliation Ordinance).
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The prime minister said the “coalition of dacoits” was opposing thegovernment as it was heading towards making the country financially strongand stable. He said the opposition parties made every tactic to get thecountry blacklisted by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) as theypressured the government to carry out 34 amendments in the NationalAccountability Bureau law.
The prime minister said the cabinet had given a nod for allowing PakistanMuslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief to get medical treatment abroad in viewof number of diseases as claimed. However by denying return to the country,Nawaz Sharif was proving that he belonged to a “special class that couldnot be questioned”.
He said likening Nawaz Sharif with Iranian spiritual leader AyatollahKhomeini by a PML-N spokesman was quite ridiculous.“Khomeini was loved by his people. He led a simple life and owned a smallhouse when passed away. How can he (Khomeini) be compared with a person whohas made property worth billions, from one factory to 30, and had thePanama property in her daughter’s name,” he added.
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Imran Khan said Nawaz Sharif did not present a single document to prove hismoney trail (for purchasing the property), while he, being a formercricket, showed all purchase contracts of his London flat bought some 40years ago.
“In fact, they feel no shame in looting the money from public exchequerbelonging to the poor people of this country,” he said, stressing thatPakistan could prosper in the absence of rule of law, where rulersconsidered themselves above law and indulged in corruption.
He referred to an international report saying that around $1,000 billionwere annually drained from the poor to rich countries through corruptionand exploitation by the elite.
Imran Khan said Nawaz Sharif was in fact promoting the agenda of India bymaligning the Pakistan Army, ignoring the situation of countries likeLibya, Somalia and Yemen faced in the absence of a strong military.
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“I don’t have any problem with the army because it supports our manifestoand has effectively assisted the government during the situation likeCOVID-19 and Karachi rains,” he said. He said the military supports hisgovernment’s agenda because of his clean record.
Referring to Nawaz Sharif’s statement that the then Inter-ServicesIntelligence chief had demanded resignation from him, he said, “If this isso, why he remained silent. This is because that he knew of his involvementin corruption.”
