National Assembly (NA) Opposition leader Syed Khursheed Shah said on Saturday that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan was following double standards as he urged Nawaz Sharif to accept the Supreme Court’s (SC) verdict, while he himself commits contempt by not appearing before the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP).
“Imran Khan’s rejection of ECP’s orders is a big contempt,” the opposition leader remarked. Shah said that Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has no choice but to accept Supreme Court’s decision in the Panama case issue.
Shah said that Imran blamed PML-N for defying the court, but he himself was doing the same thing. He added that if Imran doesn’t accept the decision, then how would the institutions function, emphasising that ECP was a state institution and should be respected.
Khursheed Shah said that it was PTI and MQM-P’s democratic right to bring their own opposition leader into the NA and pointed out that there is no friend or enemy in the politics.
As for the procedure for the election of opposition leader, he said that opposition members will submit an application to the NA Speaker Ayaz Sadiq. He said that for the first time FATA members were in the opposition and they would have a role to play.
He said that there were several opposition parties in the NA and he has spoken to them, including MQM leader Farooq Sattar. In addition he also talked to the PTI members on the issue. The opposition leader said that the name of new NAB chairman has not been finalised yet.
To a question, he said that Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) favours a four-year term for the government. He said that he has held different ministries and divisions, but nobody can level allegation of corruption against him.
Answering a question, Khursheed Shah said that a number of development projects are being implemented in Sukkur including cancer hospital, sports complex and dual carriage way.