PTI chief trying to create anarchy: PML-N leaders

Terming Imran Khan’s allegations on country’s institutions as baseless, the leaders of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) on Wednesday said that Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chief was trying to create anarchy in the country. Privatisation Commission Chairman and State Minister Muhammad Zubair, flanked by members of National Assembly MNAs Danyal Aziz and Talal Chaudhry, told a news conference that Finance Ministry had written a letter to all its attached departments on April 29, to conduct an inquiry into Panama Papers in accordance with the law. He said that there were around 7,000 companies registered with Security Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP), out of which the record of 600 companies was checked. “Out of these 600 companies, the name of 150 companies was found in Panama Papers. The SECP checked whether any individual from these (150) companies had invested abroad, but it was found that nobody did that,” he said. He said Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) had issued notices to all those individuals whose names appeared in Panama Papers, adding that Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP had also accepted PTI’s case against Panama and had fixed dates for its hearing. “The Supreme Court of Pakistan has also accepted the application to hear the case. Thus, how can he (Imran Khan) claim that the institutions are not working?” he asked. Challenging Imran Khan to prove when and where the institutions did not work for the implementation of law, Zubair said, “We should encourage the country’s institutions for their better performance.”