Islamabad (October 29, 2018): Former Prime Minister and Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif on Monday urged Prime Minister Imran Khan to show courage and reveal names of those seeking National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) from the sitting govt.
Speaking to the media outside an accountability court in Islamabad, the former premier said, “No member of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has contacted the government seeking an NRO and they should reveal their names if they have guts.”
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On absence from the country’s political landscape, Sharif responded that he was passing through tough phase after sad demise of better half Kulsoom Nawaz. “Till now, we have failed to nudge ourselves back to political activities”, Sharif was quoted as saying.
Sharif regretted that he was serving jail sentence during last hours of Kulsoom Nawaz.
Avoiding questions on details regarding his meeting with Jamiat Ulema Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rahman a day earlier, Nawaz said, “I respect him a lot.”
“I do not wish to speak to the media regarding my meeting with him and only want to share the details with my party and Shehbaz Sharif,” he added.
Commenting on PML-N President Shehbaz’s arrest, Nawaz said, “He worked very hard and with honesty. The work he did while risking his life is in front of the entire nation and not just the people of Punjab.”
“No other provincial chief minister in the country’s history has worked the way Shehbaz did,” he added. “He deserves all the praise but he is in jail and NAB’s custody.”
“Can anyone tell why all this is happening?” he questioned. The former premier further said, “Not even corruption worth a rupee can be proven, Shehbaz was called in the Saaf Pani case and since there was nothing to it they arrested him in the Ashiana Iqbal Housing Scheme case. Now, that they cannot find any evidence against him in the housing case so they are saying that he owned assets beyond known sources of income. What is this joke?”
“This is all very upsetting. Where do we want to take Pakistan?” Nawaz asked.
“They are trying to blackmail us. But if these parties want to protest, they’re more than welcome. We will give them container. We will also give them dinner everyday but what we will never give them an NRO,” he clarified.
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The corrupt think they will get another NRO just like they got from Musharraf. Make no mistake, there will be no NRO. “Our govt is adamant to take on corruption,” Khan reiterated.
“Corruption is a cancer for this society, we must eradicate corruption no matter how painful and hard it is for us, we are also encouraging investors to start business in Pakistan “
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