OKARA: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan
has taunted former prime minister Nawaz Sharif for his intention to run a
campaign against the judiciary.
“Cowards cannot launch
campaigns. Nevertheless, if you do come out (against judiciary) the PTI
will come out against you,” he told a party meeting at the municipal
stadium here on Sunday evening.
The open-air gathering
was organised by PTI’s district and tehsil level organisations, as well
as some two dozen candidates/aspirants for party tickets in the next
general elections.
The PTI chief said Nawaz Sharif always
wanted a tamed judiciary. “He wants people like Justice Qayyum at the
helm who were dictated by the Sharifs.”
He said the next
elections would be interesting with Shahbaz Sharif likely to lead the
PML-N campaign. At the same time, he said, his party would approach the
National Accountability Bureau against the Punjab chief minister with
some new evidence.
Mr Khan said that Nawaz Sharif was
campaigning only to save his 300 billion rupees he had laundered after
corruption. He said the Sharifs had become owners of more than 40 mills
during their stay in power.
The PTI chairman said strong
institutions could provide strong base for the development and progress
of the country. He said that after coming to power the PTI government
would develop an efficient accountability system.
He said Europe had progressed because of strong institutions and investment in education and health.
He said Okara district was the hub of agriculture but growers were suffering a lot due to wrong policies of the Sharifs.
About
Shaikh Rashid’s suggestion (to Imran Khan) to remarry Jemima Khan whose
evidence had helped the PTI chief escape disqualification, Mr Khan
asked him not to recall old matters.
He praised Jahangir Tareen who resigned immediately after his disqualification.
Shah
Mehmood Qureshi, Jahangir Tareen, Sheikh Rashid, Rai Hassan Nawaz Khan,
Samsam Ali Bukhari, Masood Shafqat Rubera, Anwar Pasha, Tariq Irshad
and Ashraf Khan Sohna also addressed the gathering.
