Zardari, Nawaz can’t keep each other in check: Imran

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan said on Friday that neither President Asif Ali Zardari nor Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Nawaz Sharif would ever be a check on one another since neither kept their ill-gotten wealth in the country, adding that the first law the PTI would implement (if it came to power) would be to ban all those who did not declare their assets, a private TV channel reported.
Addressing a rally in Faisalabad, Khan said that corrupt politicians could not be expected to keep a check on one another since they would strike a deal to get out. He said Pakistan was weighed down by corruption. Despite having vast natural resources, Khan said, Pakistan had to beg because of the corruption of its leaders. He said the poor in Pakistan were getting poorer because of the taxes imposed upon them by the rich. Whipping up public sentiment, Khan said if Pakistan could get rid of the corrupt, it could transform from a poor country to a rich country.
He said the only reason that both Nawaz Sharif and President Zardari had the bulk of their wealth stored in foreign assets was that they wanted to avoid taxes and stow away their ill-gotten wealth.