Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD
Leaders of ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) have criticized chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan and party leader JehangirTareen for avoiding cases filed against them in Supreme Court (SC) and Election Commission (EC).
PML-N MNA, Daniyal Aziz while addressing a press conference along with Minister for Capital Administration and Development Division (CADD) Dr Tariq FazalChaudhry here on Thursday, said that the two PTI leaders were trying to get stay orders from courts to run away from cases filed against them.
Daniyal Aziz said Imran Khan and JehangirTareen had different cases in the SC, Islamabad High Court (IHC), Lahore High Court (LHC) and the EC. Their lawyers were trying to stop court proceedings on the pretext of maintainability and jurisdiction, he noted.
He said Imran Khan submitted contradictory record during hearing of reference against him in the EC. He said the PTI leaders filed a new application in the IHC for a stay against the proceedings in case of foreign funding of their party, before the EC. Imran Khan was hiding money trail from the EC and six times his lawyers evaded court proceedings, he added.
The PML-N MNA said that PTI chief had been leveling unfounded allegations against Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif but now was staying away from courts when his turn came to present himself for accountability.
He said Imran Khan used abusive language against national leaders and institutions. The PTI chief was required to appear before courts on February 13, 15 and 21 in different cases, he told. He said Sharif family submitted 50 year old documents in the Supreme Court but Imran Khan refused to provide documents which were even few years old.
Daniyal reminded that the PTI collected funds from United States (US) and under the Political Parties Act, it could be dissolved on charges of receiving foreign funding. He said former wife of Imran Khan, Jemima Khan, contradicted statement from the PTI chief about purchase of Bani Gala property which was a nameless transaction. He said due to ill health of judge of the Supreme Court, Panama Papers case was postponed and the PML-N had nothing to do with the delay. However, some television anchors spread falsehood, he added.
Dr. Tariq FazalChaudhry said all international institutions which keep an eye on the economic indicators, had appreciated performance of Pakistan. There were a lot of good news about economy of Pakistan and the international community was respectful of the achievements, he added. He said Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif was inaugurating new development projects every day which was welcomed by the Pakistani nation.
These were not just projects but were a foundation on whichpillars of further prosperity would be built, he added.
The Minister CADD said the Prime Minister had a programme of progress and prosperity and new development projects were a good omen for people of the country. He said due to efforts of the government, law and order had improved, terrorism had decreased and sectors of industry, agriculture and energy had progressed. The Minister criticized the negative politics of the PTI adding it was expected to fulfill its responsibility towards people but failed to do so.
Negative politics has no future in Pakistan,” he said adding, “only politics of performance has a future.” He said Pakistan of 2017 was better than that of 2013 and the country would achieve the goal of becoming Asian tiger.
