ISLAMABAD: Leader of the Opposition in National Assembly Khurshid Shah on Wednesday said that dust has not settled over Panama leaks issue as it is just a beginning.
Khurshid Shah was addressing the National Assembly, a day after opposition called off its boycott of the Senate and the National Assembly.
He said that the opposition formed a questionnaire to aid solution of the issue and not complicate it. Shah said that the Parliament could solve issues that sit-ins and protests failed to. However he said, opposition has a lot of reservations over Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s speech that he delivered in the National Assembly on Monday.
He said that joint opposition had boycotted Senate and National Assembly’s sessions over premier’s absence.
While talking about opposition’s walkout on Monday after Nawaz Sharif’s address, Shah said that the demonstration came after the premier did not answer opposition’s questions.
The opposition had listened to Prime Minister’s explanations very carefully, he added. He clarified that the opposition did not demonstrate a walkout over his instructions but over Prime Minister’s avoidance.
Nawaz Sharif paid around Rs 0.6 million income tax in as many as 14 years, Shah said. Leader of the Opposition said that the government gave confusing and contradictory statements over offshore companies of premier’s sons.
Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, paid Rs 4,400 tax a year after founding the country. How come Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif pays Rs 2,700 in 1993, he asked.
Countrymen’s money should be spent for their betterment, he added.
