ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan called off his party’s boycott of the Parliament on Tuesday.
“We are going the Parliament tomorrow (Wednesday) with a special objective,” Imran Khan told the media persons at Bani Gala.
He said that his party would submit adjournment and privilege motions in the house against Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s lies on the issue of the Panama issue.
“When a Prime Minister is caught lying before the Parliament over his foreign wealth, he has to be exposed and held accountable,” he said. “We will now see whether or not Parliament holds Nawaz Sharif accountable for his lies,” he said.
“I also ask the PML-N members to take a stand against Nawaz Sharif. This is also a test of opposition members,” he added.
“What is the use of the Parliament if it doesn’t respond to opposition’s demand of accountability?” he asked.
“We don’t go to the Parliament to thump desks or mark attendance,” Khan said.
He said that lawyers of Prime Minister Sharif told the Supreme Court that the speech made in the Parliament was a political statement.
The PTI chief further said that his party would announce its next line of action if the parliament failed to hold the prime minister accountable.
To a question, Khan denounced the treatment meted out to Foreign Affairs Adviser Sartaj Aziz in India, saying that Nawaz Sharif’s personal relations with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi were hurting Pakistan.
He said that the ruling PML-N wanted to turn Pakistan army into Punjab police.
“We are disappointed by the Supreme Courts’ decision to adjourn the Panama case hearing. We believe that the apex court could have decided the matter with day-to-day hearing,” he said.
Khan, however, said that his party would wait for the Supreme Court’s decision despite the fact.
Speaking on this occasion, PTI leader Shah Mahmood Qureshi said that that there two factions with the PPP about the Panama issue.
