ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Friday alleged that a “drama&
rdquo; was staged in Islamabad so that the Sharif family could protect itself from accoun
tability.
Earlier in the day, an accoun
tability court had been forced to adjourn the proceedings in a
graft case against ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif, his daughter Maryam Nawaz and son-in-law Capt (r) Muhammad Safdar, after PML-N lawyers and supporters forcibly entered the building and created mayhem.
“Why is Nawaz doing this? Why are his children doing this?&
rdquo; Imran asked a rally in Peshawar later the same day.
“Because they [the Sharifs] know that if Nawaz is convicted of money laundering, they will lose all their money. It will come back to Pakistan; it will be frozen,&
rdquo; the PTI leader told the crowd.
“They are trying to protect themselves from accoun
tability. They have no shame that our democracy is being derailed.&
rdquo;
“They are staging a drama to save their money,&
rdquo; Imran said, adding, “If the Sharif family co
ntinues to do this, I will tell the whole country to head towards Islamabad.&
rdquo;
“Today, the PML-N attacked Pakistan’s judiciary for the second time [in history]. Today, it was to protect
the over Rs 30 billion the Sharifs have looted and stashed abroad,&
rdquo; Imran had said in a tweet earlier.
Published in Daily Times, October 14th 2017.
