Can’t respect those who don’t respect the vote: Khaqan

ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Tuesday said that either run the government or the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) as the country cannot make progress with NAB.

Talking to media after appearing before Accountability Court in LNG reference, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said that NAB was silent on multi-billion dollar scandals. He further said the NAB chief should end false cases against him.

“The case against me is that the LNG was not required and the plant was forcibly installed,” said Abbasi, adding that the LNG supply was suspended for six days due to the incompetence of the government.

The PMLN leader said that the country suffered a great loss due to the suspension of the LNG for six days. “Who is responsible for this loss?” he questioned. Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said that the inflation will further rise in the country. He said the electricity tariff rose by Rs3 per unit right after the budget was approved. The former prime minister said the whole world was watching the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) elections.

“If the AJK elections are also rigged, how will the world see Pakistan,” he said. “We cannot respect those who do not respect the vote. If the elections continue to be rigged, Pakistan cannot move forward,” he added.