ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Vice President Maryam Nawaz on Thursday said that Pakistan and its economy had not recovered yet from foreign funded Imran Khan’s “attacks”.
Talking to journalists in the federal capital, Maryam said that it would take several years to restore the country’s fragile economy as Khan had brought the country to the brink of disaster, adding that PM Shahbaz Sharif-led government was trying to put the economy on the right track.
She said this man [Imran Khan] was launched by hostile forces to destroy politics, state institutions and moral values. Terming Imran “fitna (chaos), anarchy and Pakistan’s destruction”, the PML-N leader said that he was funded by the enemy forces.
The former PTI-led government had violated the agreement signed with the IMF, the PML-N leader said, adding that Pakistan has not recovered yet from the “attack”.
To a question she said that, the election should be held at its scheduled time, however, Imran Khan wants fresh elections he should dissolve Punjab and Pakhtunkhwa Assemblies.
She said that Khan rules two provinces and cannot escape by holding the federal government responsible for everything. There should be a consensus among all the institutions that this man [Imran Khan] is fitna, she added.
Maryam accused Khan of misusing taxpayers’ money. She was of the view that Khan was spending the taxpayers’ money on helicopter rides and public rallies.
The PML-N leader said that the religion card should not be used for political mileage.
Responding to a question, the PML-N leader said that she does not support any decision related to hiking the prices of petroleum products and electricity. She said that the coalition government should control it.
“A person whose hands are stained with crimes is not facing any case,” she complained to the government.
Judges should also think that why are they unknowingly giving “fitna” an opportunity to grow, the PML-N leader added.
Responding to another question about an extension in the tenure of Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa, Maryam Nawaz said that she will comment on it when the time comes.
