By Asghar Ali Mubarak
ISLAMABAD: Taking on the opposition parties, Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Shibli Faraz said that the opposition is trying to spread despondency and chaos in the country to escape accountability.
In a tweet, he said, opposing the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) draft law is tantamount to giving personal interest priority to the national interest. The minister said the opposition leaders are worried to protect “criminal rights,” not human rights, and they are destined to face failure.
It may be noted that opposition had rejected two Financial Action Task Force (FATF) related bills in the senate.
The bill was tabled by Adviser to PM on Parliamentary Affairs Babar Awan and was rejected by the Senate, where opposition parties enjoy a majority.
Meanwhile, Minister for Information and Broadcasting Senator Shibli Faraz said on Wednesday that the Sindh government was responsible for the plight of Karachiites after recent rains but it was blaming the federal government to cover up its own incompetence and inefficiency.
Addressing a press conference along with Minister for Food Security and Research Syed Fakhar Imam, he said that Pakistan People’s Party was politicising the natural disaster issues coronavirus, locust and now recent rains.
The PPP, whic has been ruling Sindh for the past over one decade, was responsible for the sorry state of affairs of Karachi , he added.
