PML-N Senior Vice-President and Chief Organiser Maryam Nawaz speaks during an interview on Geo News programme ‘Jirga’ on February 18, 2023. “He (Khan) is still being facilitated by the traces of previous establishment,” Maryam says.
She adds PM Shehbaz did not come to power because of Gen (retd) Bajwa.
PML-N leader says Pakistan is Nawaz Sharif’s homeland and he will return.
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Senior Vice-President and Chief Organiser Maryam Nawaz said Saturday that “traces” that Lt Gen (retd) Faiz Hamid left behind can still be found in the institution, which are supporting Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan to date.
“He (Khan) is still being facilitated by the traces of the previous establishment, as their interests are interlinked,” Maryam said during an interview with Geo News’ programme “Jirga”.
Commenting on Khan’s resistance to face the court for the numerous cases against him, Maryam said this is the first time she has witnessed that a politician was not adhering to the court’s orders despite repetitive reminders.
Maryam added that the judiciary has judges who are honest and full of integrity, but there still exists “some traces” of the former Inter-Services Intelligence chief through which “they operated”.
“Not the institution, but some people are supporting Imran,” she elaborated, claiming that the cricketer-turned-politician is still involved in “deals” and, therefore, wasn’t appearing before the courts.
Continuing to mock Khan, the PML-N senior vice-president said that while he can go to Rawalpindi for his party’s gathering with his injured leg, he “cannot appear before the court”.
The politician added that if fingers are raised at the judiciary, it will have to conduct its accountability.
Speaking about the way Khan was facilitated to form a government in the past, Maryam said: “People of our party and those from others were separated to create his party. Those who didn’t support him were selectively disqualified.”
She claimed that the deposed prime minister’s government — which was ousted following a vote of no confidence in April last year — was guided for four years.
“Money was brought from abroad for them when they needed it,” the PML-N scion said.
Maryam deemed the content of the alleged audio leaks of former Punjab chief minister Chaudhry Parvez Elahi as bench fixing. “I said long ago that bench fixing is happening. Parvez Elahi’s leaked audio is its evidence.”
In response to another query, Maryam said that the PML-N and PTI cannot be compared at all. Slamming Khan, she said: “You offered an extension to [former army chief] Gen (retd) Qamar Javed Bajwa.”
She maintained that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif did not come to power because of Gen (retd) Bajwa but it was due to Khan’s incompetence.
February 18,2023
Source: Geo TV
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