ISLAMABAD: Minister for Railways Khawaja Saad Rafique said on Thursday that Opposition’s move to bring privilege motion in the National Assembly on the issue of Panama Leaks was apparently seemed to influence the case’s hearing in the Supreme Court.
Expressing his views in the National Assembly, he said the matter was subjudice and the motion might influence its hearing.
“You have taken the issue to the Supreme Court and now we would not let this issue remain undecided. Elections are going to take place in 2018 and we would like to go in these after proving our innocence,” he said. Saad Rafique said that PML-N owned Prime Minister’s statement in the Parliament on the issue of Panama Leaks. “That was a general as well as an elaborative statement on the issue with complete proofs and we own each and every word of it,” he said.
He said the PML-N never considered its leadership’s political statements as lies. After the last general elections, he said Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf staged sit-in and continued crying foul for around one and a half year but later on its leadership (Imran Khan) said his statements regarding 35 punctures were political in nature.
He said PTI’s sit-ins produced no results. He asked PTI lawmakers to shun the politics of agitation, attend National Assembly’s sessions and play a constructive role in the House. “You are drawing salaries and taking honorariums. I request you to do some work as well. You are supposed to take part in legislations,” he added.
The minister said instead of leg-pulling the Opposition should play a vibrant role.
“You have never spoken about our performance. But when we talk about your performance you mind that. Kindly serve the people and compete with us on the basis of performance,” he remarked.
