LAHORE: PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday slammed Prime Minister Imran Khan for using the platform of the National Security Committee (NSC) for his personal interests.
Speaking during a press conference, Maryam said that the government resorted to using a “fake letter” to gain popular support. She said the prime minister, in attempt to save his government, not only used a “fake letter” based on an “unfounded conspiracy”, but he also misused the platform of the NSC.
“You have already read out the contents of the letter that you were trying to hide,” she exclaimed. “Then why is it that you are not showing the letter to anyone?”
Maryam alleged that the prime minister is not revealing the letter because there is nothing as he claimed and there was no threat to begin with. “You waved an empty paper during your jalsa. This letter was drafted at the ministry of foreign affairs.” She claimed that Imran Khan sent the concerned ambassador to Brussels immediately so that no one could question him over the hoax.
While lashing out at the prime minister for using the platform of the NSC, she said: “This was the National Security Committee, not the ‘save Imran Khan’ committee.” She urged security agencies to issue a clarification regarding the letter.
Maryam censured the prime minister for using old pictures of Opposition leaders in which they could be seen interacting with foreign diplomats, as “proof of the foreign conspiracy’.
In response, she also flashed some of PM Imran Khan’s previous photographs in which he could be seen talking with foreign diplomats. “Was this a conspiracy as well,” she asked while flashing a picture of the prime minister.
She said the masses had to suffer due to inflation under the PTI government’s rule. “If you think the public will forget about the inflation, you are mistaken,” she said.
Maryam said Imran Khan violated the Constitution to stay in power for a few more days. “Four dictators that ruled this country did not violate the Constitution as badly as Imran Khan did,” she said. “The punishment for violating the Constitution is Article 6, which pertains to committing high treason.”
She said National Assembly speaker Asad Qaiser, deputy speaker Qasim Suri, and Imran Khan are equally involved in violating the Constitution. “In the next election, you will be contesting as a politician who violated the Constitution. If the courts do not punish you, the people of Pakistan will.”
She also reiterated accusation against First Lady Bushra Bibi’s close aide Farah Khan and accused her of corruption. “Farah was the frontperson of Bani Gala. Appointments in Punjab either used to take place through witchcraft or by paying a bribe to her,” she alleged.
