Islamabad: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif stated that “such double standards have caused the death of justice in Pakistan” in response to the Supreme Court’s “relief” to PTI Chairman Imran Khan a day earlier.
He reminded the federal cabinet of the arrests of PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif and other federal coalition members and questioned why similar leniencies were not extended to them. “No one ever mentioned Nawaz’s injustices to him,” The Supreme Court’s relief for former prime minister Imran Khan, according to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, was nothing more than an NRO.
Addressing the federal cabinet, he said: “If you want to keep favouring this ladla then you should also release all the dacoits behind bars in the country.
“Let this be free for all,” the premier stated, contending that the consequences of whatever followed next will be borne by everyone.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has said that PTI protesters have disrespected the martyrs of the country in a way that was not even done by “our enemies”.
“The attacks on army installations … there can be no greater terrorism in the country,” he said. “And seeing all this, a country, I don’t want to take its name, was celebrating that what couldn’t happen in 75 years is now happening in Pakistan.”
Referring to the Supreme Court’s proceedings on PTI Chairman Imran Khan’s arrest a day earlier, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif decried the relief that the top court had extended to the ex-premier.
“When he [Imran] was presented in court yesterday, the CJP said it is good to see you,” Shehbaz lamented. “And he said this in a case of corruption.”
PM Shehbaz has lamented the violent protests that erupted following PTI Chairman Imran Khan’s arrest on May 9, saying that such scenes were not witnessed since the fall of Dhaka during 1973.
He recalled that even after the death of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto protests had erupted but no one “moved towards military installations”.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has raised questions about the court’s silence during the “political victimisation” of the PML-N and its leaders during the PTI tenure.
“Did they [the courts] ever take notice when we were being sent to jail?” he asked.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, while addressing the federal cabinet, has said that PTI Chairman Imran Khan and his party are “liars”.
Referring to Imran’s claims regarding the US conspiring to oust his government, the premier said that in more than one National Security Committee it was concluded that his allegations were false.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has said that the PTI leadership is trying to push the country, which is already facing a myriad of challenges, towards destruction.
“As you know the currency is navigating through difficult times, and the challenges we inherited are contributing immensely to aggravating the situation. The previous government violated an agreement with the IMF and we are making attempts to repair that,” he said.
