ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Naeemul Haque on Monday said Finance Minister Ishaq Dar should immediately resign, adding that the PTI is certain of his incarceration.
Speaking to reporters outside the Election Commission of Pakistan, the PTI spokesperson said the government has lost the trust of the PTI as a “puppet” prime minister is taking orders from a disqualified premier.
He said that the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s (PML-N) government has pushed the country towards the brink of disaster. “The economy has been destroyed. We don’t even have half of the money required to pay off our debts.”
NA Speaker Ayaz Sadiq does not deserve to remain at his post after he welcomed the disqualified prime minister at the Islamabad airport.
PTI leader Babar Awan said a disqualified prime minister is influencing every institution of the country who “wants to take institutions on the path of collision”.
Earlier, Dar reached the Islamabad Accountability Court to attend the hearing of a corruption case against him.
Judge Mohammad Bashir directed the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to provide Dar with a copy of the case documents.
The judge then set September 27 as the next date of hearing when the finance minister will be formally indicted by the court. Dar was also directed to submit the surety bond worth Rs1 million.
Dar’s lawyer told reporters that they expect the courts to dispense justice.
