Bureau Report
PESHAWAR: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Senator Shibli Faraz here Monday said opposition parties have joined hands to protect its loot and the nation had never supported such movements for personal gains in the past.
Addressing a press-conference here at Peshawar Press Club, the Federal Minister said opposition leaders have nothing to do with problems of common man and they are only out to put hurdle in the way of development process initiated by PTI Government in the country.
He said opposition were making efforts to create political chaos, despair and hide massive corruption of their leadership, adding that personal interest driven movements had never gained popularity among masses in the past.
Senator Shibli Faraz said opposition were raising tall slogans of price-hike in order to divert people’s attention from corruption of their leaders, saying accountability process would continue indiscriminately and no NRO would be given to looters of the national resources. He said people knew that who had looted the national resources while holding public office and purchased expensive luxury apartments in London.
Shibli Faraz said opposition attempted to get NRO by proposing several amendments in NAB laws according to their whims when FATF related legislation was going on.
He said opposition wanted to get a clean chit in corruption cases by proposing to refer only those cases to NAB, which amounted to Rs1 billion or above.
The Federal Minister said the opposition in their respective regimes posted their blued eyes on key posts in important institutions such as FBR and SECP for serving their personal interest.
As result of these negative policies, he said the country’s exports remained stagnant and economic growth was highly under pressure.
The Minister said when PTI came into power in 2018 general elections, the country was facing severe financial crunch and was in the situation of default and bankruptcy.
“But with grace of Allah Almighty, we had turned around the country’s economy and economic indicators are improving besides stabilization of rupee,” he maintained.
“There is a struggle going on between two forces one led by elements that plundered the national resources and accumulated wealth for personal use during last 40 years while the other is led by Prime Minister Imran Khan who is a sincere and honest leader who launched a decisive movement to eliminate corruption and put the country on road to progress and development.”
