Staff Reporter
Former speaker National Assembly Sardar Ayaz Sadiq on Thursday said that imprisoned Khawaja Asif and one other Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader were asked to quit the party.
Ayaz Sadiq, while talking to media persons, said that Khawaja Asif was asked about a month ago to quit and he also informed the party leadership about the development.
He also revealed that Khawaja Asif rejected the offer and said that he has spent three decades of his life in the party and now he cannot leave it.
The PML-N leader further said that the name of the person, who pressurized Khawaja Asif, will be revealed on the right time. He also said that a forward bloc cannot be formed because no one wants to be part of it.
The former NA speaker also expressed reservations over the appointment of the new interior minister and said that all praise to the wisdom of the person who handed over portfolio to Sheikh Rashid.
Earlier on December 29, Khawaja Asif was arrested by NAB in assets case when he was on his way back after attending consultative meeting of the party.
According to the anti-graft agency, the PML-N leader had failed to give a satisfactory response on his possession of assets amounting to Rs260 million.
Asif held an iqama from 2004 to 2008, adding that he earned a total of Rs136 million for his services as a consultant legal adviser, it revealed.
Meanwhile, Khawaja Asif said that attempts are being made to break PML-N and weaken former prime minister Nawaz Sharif.
Mafias ruling the roost
The incumbent government seems to be helpless at the hands of mafia and squeezing the blood of poor through inflation. Capitalists are not ready to pay taxes and the whole burden has been put on the masses already moaning.
This was stated by Central Chairman of Awami Raksha Union and Awami Pasban, Majeed Ghauri while talking to media in Johar Town on Thursday. He said food items are adulterated, nothing is available at government rates, large departmental stores have separate DC-rated groceries and the quality of which is very poor and unusable.
Majeed Ghauri said unemployment, hunger and poverty are rampant in every household, street crimes rampant due to youth unemployment and rickshaw drivers who earn a few rupees are snatched away by challans from the traffic police, LTC and the environment department.
He said that the opposition is trying to save its wealth and politics instead of talking about public welfare. Our patience is overwhelmed by the circumstances and will be staging a series of protests from the first day of the New Year 2021 to raise voice against injustices.
