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Says if PTI chief was fair and clear, he should appear before court of justice
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Privatisation Daniyal Aziz Thursday, while criticising Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan for resorting to delaying tactics to prolong court cases against him and his party, said that the ‘Insaf party’ itself was creating hurdles in the way of justice.
Addressing a press conference here, the federal minister said there was no court where a case was not registered against PTI chief or his party; however, he was using delaying tactics to prolong cases to make his way forward for upcoming general elections.
The minister said Imran Khan feared that if cases against him were decided by the courts and allegations were proven, it could drag him into trouble before the upcoming elections, so delaying tactics might work to avert this threat.
Daniyal said that in the foreign funding case, PTI chairman had again sought time from the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP).
“On one hand, PTI had been challenging mandate of ECP in the high court, and, on the other hand, it had been taking time from ECP to get the foreign funding Case delayed, which shows double standards,” Daniyal said.
The minister said that if Imran was fair and clear, he should appear before the court of justice.
The PML-N minister, while referring to a tweet of Imran Khan, said that PTI chief himself had admitted that he would be disqualified; hence he had been making efforts to delay the foreign funding case.
He said that initially, Imran did not even appear before ECP; however, later, he not only appeared in person but also tendered an apology silently.
The minister said that avoiding hearings earlier and then appearing before the commission was enough to prove that he had not been paying respect to the judicial system.
He also cited another case of Shehbaz Sharif, wherein Imran Khan was running away from courts and was not giving an answer to the questions the Punjab chief minister had raised.
The minister also questioned that Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) was being given a schedule to follow the case timelines, whereas there was no strict timeline for PTI cases.
He said that the PTI chief has also given wrong statements before the Supreme Court of Pakistan.
Daniyal said, “The person who had always been talking about strengthening democracy did not even appear in the parliament in the whole budget session, while outside the parliament, he was criticising that democratic institutions were not working.”
He added there was a huge contradiction in the words and deeds of the PTI leadership because, on one hand, they were talking about strengthening country’s institutions and promoting transparency; on the other hand, they were working contrary to it.
Daniyal also flayed Imran for failing to appoint a head for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa accountability court.
