Federal Minister for Climate Change Mushahidullah Khan said on Sunday that US, Israel and some other world powers were against the political stability, economic progress of the country and CPEC.
He passed these remarks while talking to media in Lahore after condoling with the family of late PML-N leader Tariq Gill.
Mushahidullah said that some black sheep were making their efforts to hatch the conspiracy through any think tanks, NGOs or other channels. He said the alleged conspirators considered Nawaz Sharif as their enemy and such elements were used for intrigues against democracy and the most popular leader was sent home packing.
Responding to a question, federal minister said that the former prime minister would chalk out his future line of action within a few days. About terming the Panama case verdict a judicial coup, he said former PTI president Javed Hashmi and not the PML-N had talked of the judicial coup. Replying to a query about amending the Constitution to abolish Articles 62 and 63 used to disqualify Sharif, he said constitutional amendments were a norm in democracies and that the step was necessary for strengthening the Constitution itself and democracy and that new social contracts and social experiments are made in democracies.
About Dr Tahirul Qadri’s sit-in threat, he said these were the people who come here to spread chaos in the country. “While in Canada they would forget Islam and Pakistan but come here and use these names to collect money and go away.” Referring to Senate Chairman Mian Raza Rabbani’s recent statements, Mr Khan said like Mr Sharif Mr Rabbani also talked of supremacy of parliament and democracy about which the ex-PM promised to support.
He the nation had given the decision in favour of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and now other institutions should also consider it. He said Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman had once said that now judicial coup would happened, adding that snubbing parliament was illegal.
He said that the public verdict should be accepted, “and if they are not happy, then no decision should be imposed on them”.
He said that a vital democracy would ensure respect for the forces and courts. The minister said that conspiracies could be made at international level from time to time. He said that in fact some foreign think-tanks wanted to weaken the country especially when three continents are being linked through China-Pakistan Economic Corridor projects. “Pakistan is the only nuclear power which is hard to digest for the world,” he added. “The world considers Nawaz as responsible for a nuclear Pakistan,” he said.
He alleged the former president Pervez Musharraf spoiled situation in Balochistan by killing Nawab Akbar Bugti, while Nawaz Sharif set the situation right through his political wisdom. “Nawaz also played role in restoration of peace in Karachi,” he added.
Mushahid alleged that Imran Khan and Dr Tahirul Qadri were tools of foreign forces and people knew it well that they were enemies of the nation and the country.
He said that he was a witness to rallies of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader Altaf Hussain and Pakistan People’s Party leader Benazir Bhutto, but no rally could be compared with the rally of Nawaz Sharif as it was bigger than all those rallies. The minister said that Nawaz Sharif had done a great job.
He said that Nawaz Sharif kept the national flag high in Balochistan and launched CPEC, which is one of the greatest projects of the country’s history. He said that Nawaz Sharif was necessary for the country as he remained the prime minister for three times and the people of Pakistan see him as a reformer.