Sharif questions allegations of corruption against his family
sialkot — Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday said that his political opponents, after miserably failing to establish an iota of corruption or misuse of national exchequer against him, had started levelling false allegations against his family and their private business.
Addressing a gathering of party workers at the residence of Defence Minister Khawaja Mohammed Asif, the prime minister said if Nawaz Sharif had accumulated illegal wealth then they should provide some proof from 80s and 90’s till date.
Instead, his family had been asked to provide money trail from 1972 when he was a school-going child, he said and called for justification of depriving them of their factory under the nationalisation drive by the ZA Bhutto regime.
The prime minister said the late Bhutto had seized his father’s factory and handed it over to his party workers.
From the last 44 years, he asked his opponents to provide any evidence of corruption, commission or kickbacks against him or his family.
Sharif said his current government had saved Rs168 billion alone in three power projects, but they were still accused of plunder.
The premier welcomed his accountability but said that first, they should be informed about the allegations and nature of cases, adding questions had been raised only about their family businesses.
He also expressed the confidence that those people who had mercilessly plundered the national exchequer including Pervez Musharraf would also be held accountable.
“If I have no pains for the country, I would had accepted hefty offer from the US government at that time and would have not gone for the nuclear tests, making the country an atomic power,” he added.
In an apparent reference to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chairman Imran Khan, the prime minister said the people of the country had not voted him to rule them. “How is it possible that you rule the country as a prime minister. The people of Pakistan will not let you to do such shabby politics,” he maintained.
The prime minister said on daily basis, his political opponents were using foul language and levelling baseless allegations. But he said, “We are not reciprocating with the same, declaring that in 2018, people of the land would respond to these antics through their votes”.
The prime minister said that he had been very concerned for the future of country’s youth and unemployment issue. He said his government worked day and night to brighten up Pakistan with execution
Conspiracies were being hatched since 2014 in the shape of sit-ins and still continued in different forms Nawaz Sharif, prime minister
of unprecedented energy and infrastructure projects.
Expressing his dismay over the ‘retrogressive politics’ of his opponents, he said conspiracies were being hatched since 2014 in the shape of sit-ins and still continued in different forms.
In an apparent reference to PTI leadership, the prime minister said they tried to stall government’s efforts to end crippling energy crisis, eliminate terrorism, obstruct CPEC and under construction motorways and highways projects. — APP