Money launderers to land in jails, says PM

Alarm bells have been ringing for certain people and the days are not far off when they will land in jails

Imran Khan, prime minister

islamabad — Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday expressed his surprise over antics of the opposition parties on his government’s resolve to send plunderers of the national wealth and money launderers to jails.

Addressing a gathering of overseas Pakistanis in Malaysia, the prime minister said noose was being tightened against the money launderers as a number of memorandums of understanding (MoUs) have been signed with different countries.

He said relevant information was pouring in about those elements, who had plundered the national wealth and stashed the same abroad.

The PM said he had not yet named anyone, but on the other hand, opposition parties had gathered to ‘save democracy’ and dislodge the PTI’s government.

From day one, they were declaring that the PTI government has failed, he said, adding in fact, they had the lurking fears, because the information about thievery was being gleaned by the anti-graft bodies and passed on to him.

“Alarm bells have been ringing for certain people and the days are not far off when they will land in jails,” he added.

PM Khan said the opposition parties had gathered to hide their loot, declaring in clear terms that there would be no NRO (National Reconciliation Ordinance), or charter of democracy, and every crook would land in jail.

Khan also maintained that the opposition parties were facing the old NAB cases and the PTI government had not yet filed a single case against them.

The prime minister also informed the expatriates about his government’s steps to steer Pakistan out of the recurrent debttrap.

He said they had sought loans from the friendly countries so that they could approach the International Monetary Fund with minimum bailout, but he cautioned that those were the temporary measures. —