Opposition wants to ‘buy’ PTI lawmakers
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday lashed out at the opposition parties for opposing his proposal to hold Senate elections through open ballot.
Imran said the opposition was planning to “buy” PTI lawmakers to get more of its candidates elected to Senate.
He said that nation was passing through a decisive moment.
“This is a decisive moment for the nation. Masses are on one side, while these thieves and dacoits are on the other. Insha Allah Pakistan will emerge victorious,” Imran said while addressing a function ater the inauguration of tree plantation drive in Ghazi Barotha under his initiative of 10 Billion Tree Tsunami.
The prime minister while criticising the previous governments said during the last 30 years big thieves and corrupt politicians not only hurt the country through their loot and plunder of the public resources but destroyed the moral value as well.
“They created such an impression that corruption is not a bad thing,” he remarked and questioned can anybody cite any example of a country which achieved progress and development in the atmosphere of corruption.
The prime minister said he was not affected much due to the corruption of “Patwaris,” “Thanedars” or other government functionaries but when prime minister or ministers indulged in corruption, the country was badly hurt.
Separately, Governor Sindh Imran Ismail apprised Imran regarding the registration of a terrorism case against Opposition Leader in Sindh Assembly Haleem Adil Shaikh.
According to sources, the governor Sindh also informed Imran regarding how a snake was recovered from the prison cell of the opposition leader.
Ismail said the IGP Sindh Kaleem Imam was acting in a biased manner against the imprisoned PTI leader and was working at the behest of the Sindh government.
Besides this, the provincial lawmakers of the PTI also met DIG operations Imran Yaqoob and expressed their concern over the presence of a snake inside Shaikh’s cell.
“How a snake could enter a prison cell in the SIU centre,” they asked and blamed that Shaikh was being politically victimised.
They demanded of the DIG to launch a probe into the mater and take action against those found guilty of negligence.