Jamaat e Islami Ameer Senator Sirajul Haq has said that if Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif continued exercising his powers even after the formation of an enquiry commission, the dictates of justice in the Panama leaks case would not be fulfilled.
Addressing the talent award ceremony of the Islami Jamiat e Talaba at Rawalpindi hotel, he said that the Prime Minister and his family were accused in the Panama leaks case and he should immediately step down to wait for the court’s verdict. He said that it was ironical that in our country, only the poor were brought to accountability and all those enjoying some kind of authority were never held accountable.
“The cancer of corruption can only be eliminated by weeding out every plunderer through impartial and transparent accountability,” he said.
“All state institutions are under the government, and if the Prime Minister stays in office even after the formation of the enquiry commission, no institution can function freely. An impartial and transparent enquiry against the prime minister cannot be even thought of.”
Referring to the PIA plane crash, the JI chief said that the tragedy had exposed the inner workings of the PIA.
“In Pakistan, neither are enquiries conducted after an accident nor is anyone ever held accountable for the mishap,” he said.
He said that the whole nation grieves over the tragedy in which all those on board were killed. He said that the working of the airline would have to be improved to prevent such tragedies.
