ISLAMABAD:
Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb on Tuesday mentioned former Chief Justice of Pakistan Saqib Nisar had now not best disrespected himself but additionally his establishment together with his “controversial verdicts and conduct” which one way or the other indicated his “direct involvement in politics”.
“It is not Maryam Nawaz who has disrespected Saqib Nisar, rather he has brought dishonour upon himself. He has admitted his meetings with Imran Khan, who after coming into power looted the national exchequer ruthlessly and plunged the country into an economic quagmire causing high inflation and poverty,” the minister mentioned whilst addressing a news convention.
She mentioned Maryam Nawaz had bravely uncovered the political position performed through Nisar and made the proof in that regard public.
“Maryam Nawaz is a source of respect for her father as being a brave leader she has the courage to expose such people before the people.”
It was once now not simply an allegation as Saqib Nisar had himself admitted to retaining conferences with PTI Chairman Imran Khan and no one had denied it thus far, she added, bold Nisar to answer the ones allegations within the courts as he higher knew what the law said in that regard.
Former Chief Justice Saqib Nisar knew rather well that what was once being mentioned about him was once true, she mentioned, relating to his reported interview with a non-public TV channel through which, consistent with the minister, Nisar had said that he had now not declared Imran Khan as a “full honest and righteous person”.
“There is no need to make a hue and cry now and if you think you are being defamed then respond to these allegations in the court,” she mentioned whilst alleging that Saqib Nisar was once immediately concerned within the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s marketing campaign for the 2018 common election.
She mentioned there was once no such instance within the nation’s judicial historical past {that a} Chief Justice was once immediately interested by politics and exercised his energy past his mandate. “No law in Pakistan allowed the former chief justice to meet former prime minister Imran Khan who had severely harmed the national interests and diplomatic relations of Pakistan with the friendly countries during his rule.”
Marriyum mentioned the previous leader justice had compromised the way forward for upcoming generations together with his habits and “controversial decisions”.
To achieve some vested pursuits, she alleged, he had given a verdict within the case associated with the Pakistan Kidney and Liver Institute (PKLI), which in the long run ended in the suspension of its operations inflicting critical issues for kidney sufferers.
It was once Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif who discovered the PKLI closed right through his discuss with, she added.
The minister mentioned the previous CJP’s habits confirmed that he was once one way or the other a part of the nexuses led through Imran Khan, which in the long run resulted into an financial turmoil, excessive inflation, unemployment, and poverty.
She mentioned Imran Khan even after his ouster from energy was once inflicting critical harm to the rustic through developing chaos and unrest. He had exhausted his all political choices and now gave a decision for a public amassing in Lahore which was once additionally destined to be a flop show as the folks totally knew that he was once pursuing an anti-state time table.
Imran Khan didn’t need steadiness within the nation and exploited each and every alternative to abate the federal government’s efforts geared toward offering aid to the loads, she mentioned whilst reminding him that he had failed to meet even a unmarried promise, whether or not it was once similar to ten million jobs or 5 million houses or the removal of corruption.
She mentioned, “The PTI chief had rather “made historical past in robbing the nationwide exchequer. On the opposite hand, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) govt and its chief Nawaz Sharif had a monitor file of guidance the rustic out each and every disaster whether or not it was once financial or associated with inflation, terrorism, or load-shedding.”
The other people knew that it was once best the PML-N which beneath its dynamic management may provide a state of the art street infrastructure, mass transit programs like metro, laptops, and scholarships, she added.
The minister expressed self assurance that the folks of Punjab would give a robust reaction to the PTI for halting the improvement procedure within the province.
At the time, when PM Shehbaz Sharif being the executive minister was once striving to uplift the residing requirements of the folks of Punjab together with his sheer laborious paintings and determination, Imran Khan was once hatching a conspiracy to take away a thrice-elected high minister, she added.
The country, she mentioned, would not more change into a part of the conspiracies being hatched through Imran Khan in opposition to the rustic.
The govt had filed the circumstances in opposition to Imran Khan after thorough investigations and it was once time for the law to take its path to punish him for his corruption, loot, and plunder, the minister added.
She additional mentioned that Imran Khan didn’t have any grounds to flee trial for his corruption and misuse of authority right through his govt’s tenure and that was once why he was once warding off the courts. He must solution for his wrongdoings, she added.
The minister mentioned the incumbent govt was once the primary in historical past which had made the file of Toshakhana public however sadly, the PTI’s social media trolls had been deceptive the loads.
It is right that Imran Khan had stolen items from Toshakhana. There was once a distinction between keeping and stealing a present, she added.
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Imran Khan must higher seem prior to the court docket and publish his answer if he had now not dedicated a criminal offense, Marriyum remarked.
“I received three watches during my official visits to foreign countries and all of them were deposited in Toshakhana,” she mentioned whilst responding to a question.
She mentioned the credit score went to the current govt which had offered a brand new coverage barring to retain the ones gifts whose value exceeded $300.
The minister recalled that it was once Imran Khan who had refused to make the file of Toshakhana items public announcing that it will harm members of the family with pleasant nations, however satirically he didn’t care how a lot the cypher tale had broken the international coverage.
She additionally reiterated contradictory narratives crafted through Imran Khan within the backdrop of his elimination from the Prime Minister’s Office. He first blamed a international nation for his ouster after which began accusing the establishments and political leaders, and now the meantime Punjab leader minister, she claimed.
In reality, she mentioned, it was once Imran Khan himself who had hatched a conspiracy in opposition to the rustic through postponing the IMF programme in March 2022 which led to inflation. He even as of late was once pursuing his time table of constructing instability within the nation. Many treasured lives were misplaced on account of his lengthy marches and rallies.
The minister mentioned “Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif had announced the Ramazan package while the Punjab Government had already been providing free of charge flour through the Utility Stores to provide relief to the poor people”.
About 80 million deficient other people in Punjab would take pleasure in the Ramazan Package and for transparency, its implementation can be intently monitored through a committee, she added.
The high minister, she mentioned, had prompt different provinces additionally to prepare the provision of free-of-cost flour to the deficient within the month of Ramazan.
“Such a good package is being given to the people by the government despite the restrictions imposed by the IMF programme, which was started by Imran Khan.”
In regards the loss of life of Ali Bilal alias Zille Shah, the minister mentioned his lifeless frame was once brought to the medical institution within the double cabin car of PTI chief Raja Shakeel, whose motive force escaped after leaving the frame and were given safe haven at Zaamn Park.
“This man (Imran Khan) knows that his dirty politics has failed,” as he was once “waiting for more dead bodies” for politicking, she added.
In regards to PTI chief Fawad Chaudhry’s remark, she requested whether or not the PTI was once status with the Election Commission of Pakistan on its verdict within the prohibited international investment case.
“Ironically those who threatened the Election Commission and its top officials are standing with it today,” she remarked.
Fawad Chaudhry, she mentioned, had admitted that Imran Khan was once a “foreign agent” and “a thief” as neatly.
To any other question, she mentioned the FIA had initiated an motion in opposition to the forgery reported right through the regularization of Imran Khan’s place of dwelling in Bani Gala.
The then CJP Saqib Nisar had gotten Imran’s space in Bani Gala regularized at the foundation a faux affidavit, she alleged.
The minister condemned an assault at the DSNG van of a non-public channel in Karachi and mentioned it was once the accountability of everybody to offer protection to the media individuals who brought knowledge to the general public with their sheer laborious paintings.
