NA speaker’s role is suspicious: Imran

ISLAMABAD: Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan said on Monday that the role of National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq was suspicious with regard to the rejection of a PTI reference seeking disqualification of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.

He said that Nawaz Sharif, not he, would pay through the nose.He threatened to remain on the roads if justice was not provided in the PanamaLeaks and other issues.Talking to the media at his Banigala residence before departure for Karachi, Imran Khan asked all the political groups to join the PTI meeting at the Nishtar Park, Karachi, on Tuesday.

He said the Urdu speaking people were more patriotic Pakistanis and they were against the anti-Pakistan statement of Altaf Hussain.When asked to comment on the reference against him sent by the NA Speaker to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), the PTI chief questioned as to what new disclosures had come against him. He said if there was anything, it should have come before the Returning Officer before the elections. He clarified that he declared his London flat in 2012 and this was shown in sales deed. He said how he could be disqualified when he paid taxes and brought money to Pakistan while the PML-N leaders sent money abroad.

He said that by sending a reference against him, the Speaker proved himself that he was not neutral. He alleged that the Speaker returned to the National Assembly twice due to what he called rigged elections.

He said the PTI would go to the Supreme Court to seek justice. He said he respected the verdict of the Judicial Commission which stated that the 2013 elections were mostly legal. He regretted that there were different laws for the poor and powerful. He said  countries move forward only when institutions are strong. He blamed that the state institutions had been politicised saying there was status quo in institutions and politics.

Imran Khan said they were taking their petition to Raiwind which was the camp office of the prime minister. He said they would not attack anybody’s residence and in fact give a message to the prime minister at Raiwind to respond to their questions.