- Minister says PML-N govt to complete its constitutional term
- ‘PML-N to win general elections in 2018 with a majority vote’
Minister for Defence Khawaja Muhammad Asif has said that the Pakistan Muslim League-N government will challenge the joint investigation team (JIT) report in the Supreme Court on Monday.
The government has decided to defend every clause of the report with complete proofs in the court, he said while talking to the media here on Sunday. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his family members would emerge successful from the Supreme Court, he said.
Asif said that the anti-state elements were busy in hatching conspiracies against democracy and the democratic system. Foiling all conspiracies successfully, the government would not allow anyone to derail democratic system, he said.
He made it clear that the prime minister would not step down and he would continue serving the nation. He said that Nawaz Sharif had heavy mandate of masses and therefore he would never resign. He said that Nawaz Sharif was the most popular prime minister whose government was toppled illegally twice in the past.
He said that the PML-N government would complete its constitutional term. “Every time, Nawaz Sharif became much stronger after his government was toppled,” he said, adding that the PML-N government was toppled in 1999 as a punishment for making Pakistan an atomic power.
He said that the prevailing political scenario was increasing popularity of Nawaz Sharif. He said that the PML-N would win the 2018 general elections with a majority vote. He said that the Pakistani nation was fully supporting Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. He said that the armed forces of Pakistan were defending the eastern and western boundaries of Pakistan.
He said that the defence of Pakistan was in strong hands and the armed forces were fully capable of defending every inch of the motherland. He said that Pakistan would continue its front-line role against terrorism to establish durable peace in the region. He said that the areas not paying electricity bills would continue to face load-shedding despite increase in production of electricity.
Talking to a private TV channel, Federal Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said that everyone should wait for the verdict of the Supreme Court on Panama Papers case and the government would accept the court decision. As per the constitution, the prime minister had every right to defend himself before the court, he said.
“We had not levelled allegation of conspiracy against anyone but every action which could weaken country’s economy would be considered a conspiracy,” he said. To a question, he said the political opponents were demanding the resignation of the prime minister from the last four years because they were afraid of the PML-N popularity.
He said that the opposition parties were trying to gain political points on Panama Papers to use it in the general elections of 2018 against the PML-N leadership. He said that the Sharif family lawyers would proceed the JIT report in the Supreme Court.
