Without Nawaz, probe to be meaningless, says Imran

PanamaLeaks issue

SIALKOT: Chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan on Friday said that a probe into the PanamaLeaks would be meaningless if Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was not included in the process.

Addressing the media, Imran Khan said the people were angry with the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N). He further stated that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif should relinquish his post till the investigation into the PanamaLeaks was completed. He said that another member of the PML-N could serve as PM till the investigation was being carried out. He accused PM Nawaz Sharif and the Sharif family of being involved in money laundering.

The PTI chairman said if the government suffered, PM Nawaz and PML-N would be responsible. Imran said that rigging was proved in the constituency of Defence Minister Khawaja Asif whereas 54,000 bogus votes were cast in his own constituency, which had yet not been investigated.

Imran said that the government was giving rise to doubts by prolonging the investigation of the PanamaLeaks issue. He stated that an independent National Accountability Bureau (NAB) would be introduced in Azad Kashmir.

Imran Khan stated that he backed the sit-in organised by the Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) adding that 14 PAT workers were martyred two years ago but justice had yet not been done so far.

The PTI chairman said that the amount of funds raised during an Iftari held at the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital (SKMCH) were the highest during the 21-year history of the hospital. He said the current government’s behaviour was even worse than animals as hospitals were not even attacked during the time of war.

He criticised the prime minister saying that there was not even a single hospital in the country where the PM could have been treated. “These are a mafia who need to be defeated,” Imran Khan said.