Islamabad: Although the prime minister insisted that he had no personal grudges against anyone, he did assert that those responsible for the riots on May 9 would face justice and be held accountable.
Speaking to the National Assembly, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, the prime minister declared, “This country won’t last if leniency is exercised in this.” “The public’s mandate is for this incident, which is beyond our control.” “Lies upon lies were spoken day and night, and the myth of a US conspiracy was planted in the minds of the populace.
“But today, phone calls are being made to the same country. But, our foreign relations were destroyed,” PM Shehbaz decried, referring to PTI chief Imran Khan’s “baseless accusations against the US”.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has claimed that he was not aware of the arrest warrants issued by the National Accountability Bureau for PTI Chairman Imran Khan.
“But as the result of it, the destruction that ensued in the country, we have never seen such incidents before.”
“But is Rs60 billion a normal thing? Here, the entire opposition was pushed against the wall because of fake cases but not even a single pot was broken,” the premier said.
“This Rs60 billion didn’t come to the national exchequer but when to some account in the Supreme Court […] this is straight corruption and the cabinet of at the time approved a sealed envelope.”
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has claimed that incumbent army chief General Asim Munir was transferred from the post of DG ISI in 2019 because he had highlighted the corruption of PTI Chairman Imran Khan’s wife.
“I say this with full responsibility that incumbent army chief Gen Syed Asim Munir when he was DG ISI, he told PM Imran that his wife was involved in corruption. He said this on the basis of facts.
“But obviously Imran got furious over it and did not like it. And the rest is history,” the premier said.
“Today I would like to say that Imran Khan has betrayed the nation by sprouting a lie. This is the reason why the former DG ISI was transferred … it was because he confronted the then-PM that his family members were involved in corruption.”
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has clarified that the rioters of the May 9 events will be tried under the existing laws, asserting that “no new laws are being introduced”.
“In Mianwali, military planes were bought from the hard earnings of the nation to fight the enemy … but a crowd went there to set fire to it.
“Aren’t they enemies of the state? Hence all the cases of the attacks on military installations will be filed under the army laws.”
