‘Ladla’ being imposed on country as ‘innocent’ again: PMLN

LAHORE/ KARACHI: Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PMLN) leaders strongly criticised former prime minister and founder of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan for allegedly destroying every sector of the country during his four-year rule.

Addressing a press conference here on Saturday, PMLN senior leader and former information minister Marriyum Aurangzeb wondered why a “political terrorist” was being declared an innocent person by the court.

She said earlier the ladla was imposed on the nation through the RTS [Results Transmission System], and now he was being imposed again by declaring him innocent.

Marriyum said that the “innocent person” threatened the Election Commission, courts and the judge also. On May 9, Rangers and police vehicles were attacked with petrol bombs and still he was innocent, Marriyum said and added, “You burn Jinnah House, you burn Metro, and still judges say good to see you.”

Meanwhile, PMLN leader and former federal minister Mohsin Shahnawaz Ranjha told the media the process of giving certificates of innocence to ineligible persons was going on for a long time, which was damaging for the national economy.

Separately, Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Sharjeel Inam Memon said Pakistan suffered an unbearable loss because of cipher and till today, the country’s economy was suffering due to it.

Addressing a presser in Karachi, he said a hostile country benefited through it as everyone saw how the Indian media highlighted the cipher case.

The PPP leader said the PTI founder was a favourite and lambasted him for “spreading negativity among the youth” through social media. “Does a big party mean the law will not apply to it? Are big leaders absolved of everything,” he questioned. He lamented that honourable judges greeted Imran Khan in courts despite his involvement in the May 9 horrendous incidents.