ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Information, Broadcasting & National Heritage Marriyum Aurangzeb talking to the media outside the Accountability Court on Wednesday said that the former prime minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif was appearing before court to fulfil his pledge with people. She said Nawaz had made a pledge with the nation to uphold the sanctity of law and the constitution and it was for fulfilling the same pledge that he was appearing before the court in false corruption cases.
She said that Nawaz Sharif was doing it for the rule of law in the country so that the real robbers, thieves and liars who had attacked the parliament in broad daylight could also learn to uphold the law emulating his example.
Responding to a question as to why Nawaz Sharif was appearing before the court despite the exemption, the minister said that today it was being asked as to why he was appearing in the court and there were days when it was said that he had run away from the country and would never return to face the cases.
She said that those supporting the black law were themselves in a fix as to whether they were opposing it or endorsing it. The minister said that no allegation of corruption had been established against Nawaz Sharif and he had been disqualified only on the basis of ‘Iqama’.Marriyum said that right now Imran Khan was the biggest culprit facing myriad of allegations including foreign funding case in the Supreme Court (SC) and Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) as well as a case in the Anti Terrorism Court (ATC). She said that Imran Khan was the person who attacked the parliament in broad daylight and was still answering about it in the court. Referring to the Electoral Reforms Bill, the minister observed that it was presented in the Electoral Reforms committee in 2014 which comprised representatives of all political parties including PTI, long before Panama case surfaced.
Published in Daily Times, November 23rd 2017.
