Staff Reporter
Vice President of the Insaf Women Wing Khyber Pkahtunkhwa (KP) and ex-chairperson of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Commission on Status of Women (KPCSW) Neelum Khan Toru has urged the absconding leader of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Mian Nawaz Sharif to return to the country from London and face corruption cases against him in courts of the law.
Mian Nawaz Sharif had left the country last year for only 4 weeks on medical reasons and his younger brother Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Shahbaz Sharif had given a guarantee that Nawaz would return within the prescribed time, however, Neelum Khan Toru said almost a year is about to pass, neither did Nawaz Sharif undergo any medical check-up nor did he care to return to the country after expiry of the given time.
“Ironically, Shahbaz Sharif when asked about the guarantee at a press conference tried to hide behind the plea that the matter is sub-judice and when the journalists persisted said he never gave any guarantee of Nawaz’ return.”
Neelum Toru said Shahbaz Sharif’s hand-written submission is safe with the authorities and he cannot deny it. If Nawaz Sharif doesn’t return to the country and face accountability trial, Shahbaz Sharif should be held in his place, she said. Daily we see Sharifs strolling in a park or walking on London’s streets or taking coffee at a roadside café. This amounts to belittling rule of law in Pakistan and reflects the absconding leader’s mindset that he has little regard for his word of honour or for courts of country.
