Minister of State for Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage Marriyum Aurangzeb said on Tuesday as the Panama Papers case was drawing near to conclusion, PTI Chief Imran Khan, who was suffering from incurable disease of telling lies, had started losing his memory.
Talking to the media here, she said Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had never challenged the Supreme Court’s jurisdiction on the Panama Papers. Had he done so his counsel would not have appeared before the apex court to present arguments, she added.
The minister asked Imran Khan not to level the baseless allegation against the prime minister of seeking immunity as the latter was contesting the case in the court. In fact Imran himeslf and Jehangir Tareen, she said, were seeking immunity from the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) and the PTI chief should accept that reality.
On the other hand, the prime minister despite having the privilege of immunity was contesting the case in the court and furnishing documents pertaining to his three generations there. The prime minister wanted that the truth should surface clearing doubts in the minds of the voters, if any, before general election 2018, she added.
Marriyum said it was the responsibility of PML-N leadership to respond to the lies being told by Imran Khan and present a true picture before the nation. Imran Khan, she said, should not make fun of himself by leveling baseless allegations. He had a different opinion about the offshore company set up by him. Similarly, he adopted an indifferent attitude towards the accountability commission in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and locked its doors because it had exposed the corruption done by his party’s minister, she added.
She said Imran Khan had failed to fulfill the promises he and his party had made with the KP people before the general election 2013. While the prime minister had started his healthcare programme from a KP district, which was now being expanded to the entire country, she added.
She said Nawaz Sharif had promised to bring reforms in health and education sectors, overcome the load-shedding problem and eliminate terrorism, and all the promises were being fulfilled. She said Nawaz Sharif was defending himself in the court against the allegations levelled by Imran Khan and providing all relevant documents.
She invited Imran to sit with the prime minister and discuss the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor and important national issues. She urged Imran to inculcate the spirit of love for the people and do not show enmity towards Pakistan by asking other countries to stop issuing visas to Pakistanis.