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Answering a question, Ahsan Iqbal said the opponents could
not play with the people’s sentiments through such tactics.
The people are with the PML-N as they knew about their intention
to create political instability.
He said Nawaz Sharif had introduced a policy in 1991 to make
Pakistan economically strong but his government was toppled just
after two years. It was for the third time that conspiracies were
surfacing while the country was taking off under his leadership,
he added.
Answering another question, he said the prime minister’s name
was not mentioned in the Panama Papers while Imran’s offshore
companies, which he owned till 2014, were there. “But, the action
in case of the prime minister was brisk while sluggish in case of
Imran Khan. Imran is shying away through lame excuses while the
prime minister presented himself and his family for accountability.”
The PTI, he alleged, used social media and hurled public threats,
which was wrong.
Replying to a querry, Barrister Zafarullah Khan said the
report had just been presented to the Supreme Court and not
adopted as the court had yet to go through it.
He said the prime minister was told that his children
were not Pakistani nationals and the country’s law could not be
applied to them. He, however, decided to call them here for
appearing before the JIT just for the sake of justice.
When asked about the future of PML-N, he said whenever the
party came across such a situation it emerged as strong and
powerful. “We are a mainstream party and have roots among the people.”
Answering a question, Ahsan Iqbal said Imran Khan talked of
getting everybody search but he himself was avoiding his own
search. “He does not abide by any law. He had stated that if the
JIT report would not be favourable for his party, he would hold
protests.”
He said, “We shall contest our case in the court within the
ambits of the law and the constitution. Our opponents desire a
decision of their choice by exerting pressure, but it will not
work.”
He said the people had rejected their opponents in all the
by-elections as well as elections in Gilgit-Baltistan and Azad
Kashmir. “They should have rather focused on Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP)
to make the province a role model instead of hatching conspiracies
against the federal government and the elected prime minister.”
Ahsan Iqbal said corruption was not an issue for the PTI as
as it had dissolved the Accountability Commission in the KP
for disclosing its corrupt members.
The PTI leadership also removed Justice (R) Wajeehuddin when he
exposed corrupt elements in the party, he added.
“Imran is not Mr Clean but Mr Disillusioned. He only desires
to become the prime minister through back door and by hatching
conspiracies,” he said.