Khawaja Asif said those, who were now talking about the sovereignty
of the august House, were themselves involved in attacking the
Parliament and Pakistan Television during their sit-in.
“They have forgotten that their party workers had erected
tents on the premises of the Parliament House,” he said.
He said a case was still pending against them for attacking the
state institutions.
He said the PTI lawmakers were not only drawing salaries and other
perks and privileges during their sit-in but also did not quit
the chairmanship of standing committees and were even using official vehicles.
The minister said Imran Khan had declared the coup of former
military dictator Pervez Musharraf as unconstitutional but he had also supported him in the fake referendum.
He also clarified that the Supreme Court did not take a suo motu
notice on the Panama Papers rather a petition was filed in the apex
court.
The PTI supporters, he said, were damaging values and traditions
in country by using abusive language on social media. But the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz not believe in personal attacks, he added.
He equated the PTI members with Double Shah, alleging that the
PTI chief had even not spared donations and Zakat given for Shaukat
Khanum Hospital. He had plundered the donations given by the people
for the hospital, he said.
He criticized the Jamaat-i-Islami for its double standards. The
party was in alliance with the PML-N in Azad Jammu and Kashmir, but
its lawmakers here were making clamour and they were the people
who were in negotiation for PML-N tickets to contest 2018 election.
The minister said they had learnt a lot from the forced exile
during the Pervez Musharraf regime and had signed a charter of
democracy with the Pakistan Peoples Party.
He said the PML-N government had paid Rs 70 billion to Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa under net hydel profit.
Asif said the country had entered in election year and their
opponents were afraid of the government’s performance. The PML-N
government would fulfill all the promises made with the people and
emerge victorious in 2018 elections, he added.