Imran Khan tells PML-N, PPP
Nawaz, Zardari can join hands or do whatever they want, we’ll only let them go if money is returned: PM
DNA
GHOTKI
Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan on Saturday addressed a public gathering in Ghotki following his visit to Karachi for announcing development and prosperity plans.
In his address at the palace of Grand Democratic Alliance’s (GDA) Ali Gohar Khan Mahar in Khangarh, the premier strongly responded to what he termed as the ‘alliance’ of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) by stating “do whatever you can, we would not let you escape.
“If you want, we can provide you container at D-Chowk [for protest], and food as well,” he said, adding we [the ruling PTI] will see for how long you can sustain. He recalled that the PTI staged the sit-in for 126 days while the reason behind the protest was to secure democratic norms in the country, and holding of free, fair and impartial elections.
“This country will not forgive you. You have only one way out: return the state’s money and we will leave you be,” the premier said.
“In 2008, total debt to be paid by Pakistan was Rs6,000 billion while in the year 2018, the total debt rose to Rs30,000 billion. Where did the money go?” he asked.
Following ineffective policies and corruption in the last ten years, the tax collected is Rs4,500 billion. From which Rs2,000 is paid as an installment on the loan,” he added.
Concerning Sindh, he said the province should have been a prosperous province as Karachi, the financial capital, is located in the province.
“So what’s the reason of poverty in the province?” he asked, while terming corruption responsible for the current financial condition of Sindh.
“Sindh’s 70 percent gas is produced from Ghotki as 250 gas wells are present in the district. This region should be far ahead of others, and industrial zones and schools should have been built here,” he said. While criticizing the 18th amendment, he said the federal government was already in loss of Rs700 billion from the total tax collected on the yearly basis.
“After transfer of development funds from the center to provinces, the amount should have been spent for development of the provinces. Sindh received Rs234 billion gas royalty in 10 years,” he said following the NFC award.
