ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chief Imran Khan ending party’ s Parliament boycott said “we are going to the Parliament tomorrow with a special objective.”
PTI party would submit adjournment and privilege motions in the house against Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s lies on the issue of the Panama issue, Khan said while talking to media outside Bani Gala residence.
“When a Prime Minister is caught lying before the Parliament over his foreign wealth, he has to be exposed and held accountable,” he said. “We will now see whether or not Parliament holds Nawaz Sharif accountable for his lies,” he said.
“I also ask the PML-N members to take a stand against Nawaz Sharif. This is also a test of opposition members,” he added.
“What is the use of the Parliament if it doesn’t respond to opposition’s demand of accountability?” he asked.
“We don’t go to the Parliament to thump desks or mark attendance,” Khan said.
He said that lawyers of Prime Minister Sharif told the Supreme Court that the speech made in the Parliament was a political statement.
To a question, Khan denounced the treatment meted out to Foreign Affairs Adviser Sartaj Aziz in India, saying that Nawaz Sharif’s personal relations with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi were hurting Pakistan.
He said that the ruling PML-N wanted to turn Pakistan army into Punjab police.
“We are disappointed by the Supreme Courts’ decision to adjourn the Panama case hearing. We believe that the apex court could have decided the matter with day-to-day hearing,” he said.
Khan, however, said that his party would wait for the Supreme Court’s decision despite the fact.
Earlier in October, PTI chairman Imran Khan announced his party’s intention to boycott sessions of the parliament.
He had said that his party members would not attend any sessions of parliament until Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif resigned or presented himself for accountability as per the opposition’s proposed terms of reference (ToR) for investigation into the Panamagate scandal.
As part of the boycott, PTI had also boycotted Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s address to the joint session of parliament.
