NewsDecember 09 , 2016
Pervaiz Rashid flays Imran in first appearance since removal from office
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Senator Pervaiz Rashid on Friday said Imran Khan had failed to prove his allegations against Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif in the Panama Papers case, in his first public appearance since his removal from the information ministry.
The former information minister was removed from his office over a controversy sparked a report published in daily Dawn.
Speaking at a press conference held at the Press Information Department, he said Imran had levelled allegations of corruption and money laundering against the prime minister, but he failed to present any evidence or witness in the court to substantiate them.
The evidence of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) comprised newspaper clippings and pages downloaded from Internet, he added.
Pervaiz said the lawyers of Sharif family could have asked the Supreme Court to dismiss the false case and file a suit against Imran Khan for falsehood.
The PTI chief disrespected the Supreme Court judges, he said adding that the office of prime minister was the most respectable and Imran Khan had made false accusations against the person of Nawaz Sharif.
Pervaiz Rashid said Imran Khan had adopted a dictatorial attitude in the court. He was acting like dictators, who had dismissed judges and taken oath from them (judges) under the Provisional Constitutional Order (PCO), he added.
He alleged that it had become clear that Imran Khan was lying as evident from changing his original stance in the case.
By adopting such behaviour, Imran Khan tried to weaken the democratic system in the country, he added.
He said when Imran Khan levelled allegations seven months back, the Prime Minister wrote a letter to the Supreme Court for the formation of a commission. But the PTI did not let the government form the commission, he added.
He said even on the PTI’s demand, the interior minister agreed for an investigation by the Federal Investigation Agency but Imran Khan again backtracked.
The PTI created hurdles in making of Terms of Reference (ToR) and boycotted the parliamentary committee which was reviewing legislation to change the law of inquiry commission, he added.
Pervaiz said the PML-N was clear that Nawaz Sharif and his family had committed nothing in violation of the law of Pakistan.
Pervez Musharraf and the two governments of Benazir Bhutto failed to find any corruption in the projects initiated by the governments of Nawaz Sharif, he added.
He said the people of Pakistan had seen the real face of Imran Khan and they would vote for the PML-N in next general election in 2018.- APP/ Web Desk
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