Nisar should step down if he is not stubborn: Khursheed

ISLAMABAD: Opposition Leader in the National Assembly Syed Khursheed Shah on Saturday said the army has taken a right decision by rejecting the notification on DawnLeaks inquiry and asked Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, who was unaware of the notification, to step down if he is not stubborn.

"Being an opposition leader, I and the PPP also reject the inquiry report on the Leaks,” he said in his reaction to notification from the Prime Minister House on the Leaks and reaction of the ISPR on it.

The opposition leader said he had stated that nothing would come out from the inquiry report. “Two officials were made scapegoats for saving the mighty,” he said, and added that the same results will come out from the JIT on PanamaLeaks.

He said the Leaks was an issue of national security and scapegoats were being made to save the big ones and now the people have to think what the rulers were doing for national security.

Khursheed Shah said the inquiry report of the Leaks clearly shows that justice is not possible in the presence of the prime minister. “The prime minister should step down before it is too late for the sake of saving democracy and democratic system in the country,” he added.

The opposition leader said the rejection of the report by the army clearly shows that the inquiry report is bogus and the PPP also rejects it. He said it was clear after the statement of the interior minister that merit will not be implemented. He said the Supreme Court should review its decision on the PanamaLeaks and to form the commission under the chief justices of all the four high courts.

Khursheed Shah said the prime minister’ meeting with Indian business tycoon Jindal had opened a new Pandora ’s box. He said India was killing innocent Kashmiris in Kashmir, while the prime minister was renewing his friendship with Indians. He said shops in India selling Pakistani dresses were burnt  while the prime minister was making business deals with Indians.