Didn't put political assets at stake to go to election immediately: PM Shehbaz Sharif
ISLAMABAD (92 News) - Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has said that the army chief has a shinning career and hopefully he will serve the country within his ambit.
Addressing a press conference with the federal ministers on Monday, he said that General (retd) Bajwa is the benefactor of Imran Niazi who in fact is a thankless person. "We will try our best to rectify the economy. All matters are in the hand of Allah Almighty," he added.
Shehbaz Sharif said that Finance Minister Ishaq Dar had met President Dr Arif Alvi with his permission. "We can take one hundred steps. not one, to save the country. Imran Khan wants to make the country akin to Sri Lanka. Pakistan will not go bankrupt," he declared.
The prime minister said that Imran Niazi had deteriorated the economy and relations with the friend countries. "The UK-newspaper Daily Mail has sought an apology from me while the UK's National Crime Agency (NCA) gave me the clean chit," he added.
To a question about the general elections, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said that they had not put the political assets at stake to go to the election immediately.
APP adds: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif also mentioned an article published by the Financial Times accusing Imran Khan of spending donations collected for the Shaukat Khanum Hospital on his politics.
He said during his government, Imran Khan got arrested even female politicians like Maryam Nawaz and Faryal Talpur but contrarily, gave an NRO (National Reconciliation Ordinance) to his own sister through the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) though she had committed mis-declaration.
The prime minister told the media that the incumbent government inherited a shaken economy and that they had to beseech the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which was not ready to trust Pakistan after the previous regime had deviated from the commitments.
He said that by passing the burden of the oil price surge to the masses, the incumbent government sacrificed its politics in the state’s interest as the previous regime had laid a trap for their government by not raising the prices.
Prime Minister Shehbaz said the government had disbursed Rs 70 billion among the flood-hit families through BISP (Benazir Income Support Programme) and spent billions of others through the NDMA (National Disaster Management Authority) to supply food packages, tents, and mosquito nets.
"Besides, Rs 400 million were also given in form of compensation for the life losses. With the onset of the winter season, a huge challenge is still ahead. Don’t know where the money will come from (to support the reconstruction),” he added.
He said that instead of spreading a rhetoric of Pakistan becoming another Sri Lanka, Imran Khan should give an account for the sugar mill and wheat scandals.
To a question, the prime minister said Finance Minister Ishaq Dar met President Arif Alvi with his permission. “We will move 100 steps forward for the country’s stability. But it takes two to tango. The nations face such a situation when we have to sacrifice. But what kind of talks can be held with an egoistic and liar person who even defames the army… I want to tell the people that this person is a fraud having nothing to do with the nation’s future,” he said, calling for setting aside the differences for the country’s progress.
He said that the previous government ridiculed his idea of the Charter of Economy and misconstrued it as a desire to seek an NRO.
About the firing incident by Afghan border forces, he said he would summon a meeting to review the situation. "The killing of the innocent people of Pakistan has been condemned and the government also demanded of the Afghan government to prevent the recurrence of such incidents which could hurt the bilateral ties," he added.
