Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan stepped up pressure on Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif calling him the “king of corruption”.
“Our people should vow to fight corruption and hold Nawaz Sharif, who is the king of corruption, accountable,” Imran Khan said while speaking to a charged audience at the party rally in Bannu on Wednesday.
The PTI chief raised questions about the premier’s properties and alleged offshore wealth in wake of the Panama Papers revelations.
“Nawaz Sharif set up 28 factories during his rule, following which the masses turned poor but his family rich,” he said.
He asked the prime minister to answer the questions raised in the wake of Panama Paper leaks, as his offspring have been named to have offshore assets.
Perturbed over the delay in investigation by the commission, Imran Khan urged the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to take action against the prime minister, saying it was the body’s duty to act against any sitting public servant involved in corruption.
“I want to ask the NAB chairman that it’s your responsibility to take action against Nawaz because you have the evidence and through accountability this matter can be resolved within weeks,” the PTI chief said.
Taking a jibe at Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chairman Maulana Fazlur Rahman, Khan asked the latter to change his party’s name.
“You (Fazlur Rahman) should rename your party name as ‘corruption bacahao party’…the name of your party is derogatory towards Islam and Islamic scholars,” he said.
Stampede in PTI jalsa injures one:
Meanwhile, owing to stampede in the rally, at least one person was injured after hundreds of participants tried to exit the venue at once.
According to reports, one of the two pillars of the entrance gate of the venue collapsed, resulting in the mishap.
