ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday reiterated that National Accountability Bureau (NAB) had arrested Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan legally in Al Qadir Trust case, warning that strict action would be taken against the “state’s enemies”.
In a televised address to the nation, the prime minister referred to the violent spree unleashed by PTI leadership and their supporters across the country inflicting severe damages, sternly warning the miscreants that they would be dealt with iron hands.
“These terrorist and anti-state elements are being warned to desist from taking laws into hands, otherwise they will be dealt in with iron hands. Safeguarding the motherland and its ideology are more precious to them than their lives. We will not let their nefarious designs to succeed,” he maintained.
The prime minister said rule of law meant to face all the cases legally. Inflicting damages to the public and private properties amounted to terrorist acts.
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“All are equal before the laws; these are the Islamic teachings and the beauty of democracy,” he said while advising the PTI chairman to face the NAB cases legally.
