DARGAI
Prime Minister Imran Khan Sunday asked the estranged Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf ‘s (PTI) members of the National Assembly to return back to the party fold because as a head of the party, he would forgive them.
“Humans can commit blunders. For the sake of your children’s future do not commit this mistake,” The premier said, while addressing a huge public gathering here.
The prime minister said what message would be passed to the society when elected representatives took bribes!
The prime minister said that he was talking for the betterment of those legislators because days of Changa Manga politics had been over when the members of parliament were treated like herds.
“It is the country where people have awareness and they are aware of everything. They know it very well that you people have taken bribes to switch loyalties. The public do not believe in your words,” he added.
The prime minister further reminded those estranged PTI’s members of parliament that it would be difficult for them to live in a society with such a stigma.
The people would not marry their scions and their children would face difficulties. The public would not forget them, he added.
Amid political tensions in the country as the Opposition has already submitted a no-confidence motion to oust the premier and has demanded it to be tabled on Monday, PM Imran Khan said that the time has come for the people of Pakistan to make a decision now, adding that the youth will support the party that has worked for the sake of Pakistan.
Taking a jibe at the Opposition, he said that the PML-N threw PPP’s Asif Ali Zardari in jail during its tenure, while the PPP also initiated corruption-related cases against PML-N, including the Hudaibiya Paper Mills case, when they were in power.
He also said that it was the PML-N that had assigned the derogatory title of “diesel” to JUI-F’s Maulana Fazlur Rehman as they accused him of selling diesel permits after taking money from the PPP.
“I, therefore, question the Opposition: Is thievery only bad when your adversary commits it? But when they join hands with you, does it become acceptable?” the premier said.
He said that a leader has to lead by example, so if the public would see that their leader is corrupt, they will also follow suit.
“When a nation becomes morally corrupt, they stop working hard because they resort to corruption as it brings easy money,” he said.
The premier said that in the last three-and-a-half years, the PTI-led government did things for the betterment of the country that had been unprecedented in the country.
“I am the only leader in the history of Pakistan who brought up the issue of Islamophobia on every international platform. I thank Allah and the Holy Prophet (PBUH) for giving me success and now the United Nations has also acknowledged the issue.”
