Asks court to hear corruption cases against Sharif family
Tariq Saeed Peshawar
Terming the Supreme Court of Pakistan verdict that the votes of dissident members of the Parliament (MPs), cast against their parliamentary party’s directives, cannot be counted, as a wave of cool breeze, former Prime Minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) Supremo Imran Khan Tuesday urged the Supreme Court to hear the alleged corruption cases against Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and his family.
“I am thankful that the Supreme Court rejected the votes of the people who sell their vote and betray their constituents and democracy. The apex court with the verdict has ensured Pakistan’s morality does not diminish. PM Shehbaz Sharif, who masqueraded as a “great administrator” is failing at governance for his only expertise lies in polishing boots, that too the US ones. I urge the Supreme Court Judges to hear cases against Shareefs”. Imran said addressing a huge public rally in Kohat.
He requested the top court to hear PM Shehbaz and his family’s corruption cases as the incumbent government had “destroyed” the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) that was probing their cases.
He said the former FIA director Dr. Mohammad Rizwan apparently passed away due to a heart attack and another official who was probing their corruption cases also suffered a heart attack but were in fact poisoned asking the apex court to hear the cases as it was tantamount to “daylight robbery”. “Shehbaz became the prime minister, the cases against him were withdrawn, and a similar thing took place with Hamza as the PML-N president had “FIA officials probing their cases finished”. Imran alleged.
The PTI chairman said if the Sharif family and others get a National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) now, then no one will fear looting the country and dacoits will rule. The PTI chief said that the “conspiracy” against his government succeeded on face but now the parties brought in power, especially the PML-N, have been badly exposed as they couldn’t control inflation nor were able to give any relief to the people of Pakistan.
The PTI chief said that these people will put country in American slavery and the result of such slavery will be no different than many such instances in the past like Pakistan’s participation in US war on terror. “They will follow their (US) orders and won’t even get dollars instead,” said Imran Khan. He said the people like Asif Ali Zardari and Nawaz or Shehbaz Sharif can’t withstand the US pressure as the US agencies already know where their money lies. Imran said that Shehbaz Sharif and his party were badly trapped and want to get rid of power but Asif Zardari doesn’t want him to leave for the only party which is getting all the benefits through this coalition is PPP and all the hate, for inflation and bad governance, is being directed at PML-N for their leader is PM.
He asked the dwellers of Kohat to stand with him to fight the war of real independence and rid the country of the American stooges who are only thieves.
