\u201cI want to warn you that If I am forced out of office, I would be more dangerous,\u201d PM says to Opposition
\n ISLAMABAD
\nPrime Minister Imran Khan said Sunday that PML-N President Shahbaz Sharif is not the opposition leader but a \u2018national criminal\u2019.
\nAnswering phone calls of general public in \u2018Apka wazir-e-azam apky sath\u2019 program, the premier said that inflation was a global issue. He said that those who were seeking an \u2018NRO\u2019 from him always create chaos in parliament, so he was answering masses\u2019 queries through phone call.
\n\u201cIn principle, questions should be answered in Parliament, but the opposition members make noise and do not allow me to speak\u201d the premier complained.
\nHe said that \u2018Islamic welfare state\u2019 was his party\u2019s manifesto. When his party came to power, the country was on the verge of default. However, poverty has been reduced in during Pakistan Tehreek -e-Insaaf s (PTI) tenure. Farmers income increased by 73%, while the GDP increased by 5.37%, he told public.
\nPrime Minister (PM) Imran Khan said that after assuming the charge in 2018, his first objective was to stabilise the country but the coronavirus pandemic hit the world and caused inflation. However, he vowed that the government will overcome this problem like the pandemic.
\nPM Khan said \u2018The Economist\u2019 thrice ranked Pakistan among the top three countries which profoundly handled the pandemic. He said the health card initiative was launched to remove the financial burden from the families, adding that the rural population will also be able to get treatment from private hospitals through the card.
\nCiting figures of the World Bank (WB), the PM said the poverty has reduced in the country during the tenure of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government.
\n\u201cI want to warn you that If I am forced out of the office, I would be more dangerous,\u201d the PM said to the Opposition. \u201cIf I come out on the streets, you would not even find a place to hide.\u201d
\nCriticising Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Shahbaz Sharif, the premier said: \u201cI don\u2019t consider him the leader of the Opposition but a criminal.\u201d
\n\u201cHe cannot answer from he received Rs.16 billion and he cannot explain the telegraphic transfer (TT) scandal but is ready to deliver a 2-hour speech,\u201d he said.
\nThe premier said that he is ready to talk to everyone \u2014 even if their views differ from his \u2014 but he is never going to negotiate with the corrupt or allow them to benefit from the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO).
\n\u201cIf I negotiate with the corrupt Opposition and give them NROs, then I will be deceiving the nation as well as my Allah,\u201d he said.
\nPrior to taking the calls, the Prime Minister\u2019s Office had provided a landline number for citizens wanting to talk directly to the premier. They may dial 051-9224900.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u201cI want to warn you that If I am forced out of office, I would be more dangerous,\u201d PM says to Opposition ISLAMABAD Prime Minister Imran Khan said Sunday that PML-N President Shahbaz Sharif is not the opposition leader but a \u2018national criminal\u2019. Answering phone calls of general public in \u2018Apka wazir-e-azam apky sath\u2019 program, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":240317,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3291,3290,360],"class_list":{"0":"post-240296","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-top-news","8":"tag-criminal","9":"tag-opposition-leader","10":"tag-shahbaz-sharif"},"yoast_head":"\n