Nawaz pressing judiciary to get NRO: Imran

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Thursday said that the Nawaz Sharif’s only aim was to pressurise the judiciary to receive another NRO as was done by Musharraf.

He said that Asif Ali Zaradri had taken the same in the form of Charter of Democracy. PTI chief alleged that Punjab CM murdered the people through police but nobody arrested him. He said, “I am convinced that our current prime minister is nothing except a puppet made to sit there so that corruption can prevail.” Speaking about the Lodhran election which was won by PML-N’s candidate, Khan said that the fact that the young Ali Tareen managed to get so many votes was a major accomplishment for someone contesting the election for the first time. “They are all a mafia of corruption. Everyone is afraid of Nawaz Sharif’s possible conviction in corruption due to which all such tactics are being played,” he said. “A huge amount of money has been spent during Lodhran elections to gain votes while changing the minds of people,” he alleged. Earlier, Imran Khan appeared before an Islamabad Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in four cases including the 2014 PTV attack case. During the hearing Imran’s counsel informed the court that the cases against him were undemocratic but the ATC judge said the cases were in court for which the law ought to be followed. Moreover the PTI chief filed two requests in court pleading his acquittal and the other an exemption from appearance in court. The court ordered copies of both requests to be provided to the prosecution. Imran’s counsel also requested a decision to be made on the acquittal before he was indicted in the case. The court adjourned the case until February 26 when the remaining cases of the sit-in violence would also be heard. Moreover the judge observed that Imran would have to appear in court until his exemption was approved. During the hearing presided over by judge Shahrukh Arjumand Khan argued that holding a political gathering was not terrorism. “What type of democracy is this that for holding a political gathering, I have been charged with terrorism,” he asked. The judge however told the PTI chief to address the court through his lawyer.

Speaking to media after the hearing when a reporter asked him why he did not take his vehicle inside the complex up to its main entrance as former prime minister Nawaz Sharif did during his corruption hearings Imran said he was an ordinary citizen and not royalty. “Nawaz Sharif acts like he did nothing wrong after stealing millions of dollars from this country as he keeps making contemptuous remarks and keeps asking mujhe kyun nikala even though he knows what he has done,” Khan claimed.