- PTI stages walkout from NA as Imran terms speaker ‘biased’
ISLAMABAD, September 8: PTI chief Imran Khan has said that government should not remain under any delusion remarking “we will take Panama Leaks matter to its logical end.
He said this while talking to media men at his residence in BaniGala before leaving for attending National Assembly ( NA) session Thursday.
He alleged that theft of billion of rupees has been concealed according to PANAMA leaks papers. We will take to streets if we have to do so for this purpose. We will take the matter to its logical end at every cost. Government is under some delusion that it will stop Imran Khan through threats. We will take along all opposition parties during our protest on September, 24.
He went on to say NAB, FIA, FBI are all government institutions. Transparent and fair elections are must for the stability of democracy. We will have to save democratic institutions if we have to save democracy, he stressed.
He went on to say speaker national assembly did not send the reference to election commission wherein matter of siphoning off billion of rupees to offshore accounts has been pointed out. This
move from speaker caused harm to democracy. “We will take up matter of partiality of speaker in NA and will ask from him about his compulsions, he added.
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Thursday lambasted National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq for ‘victimising’ him and alleged that Sadiq is no longer an impartial speaker.
Meanwhile, members of the PTI staged a walkout from the House after Imran’s remarks in the NA. The PTI chief criticised the Speaker’s ruling on disqualification references against Khan.
Sadiq earlier forwarded a reference to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) seeking Khan’s disqualification from the legislature, whereas he rejected all four references seeking the disqualification of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and other members of his family.
Khan accused the speaker of ‘partiality’ and went on to say that all of his assets had been disclosed at two separate press conferences.
“It was said that Imran Khan owned a company Niazi Services which was not disclosed. It was also alleged that Khan purchased a flat in London with the amount he collected for cancer hospital trust.”
The PTI chief rejected the notion that he had attempted to conceal any of his property, including Niazi Services.
The PTI chief lashed out at the prime minister’s family for allegedly concealing their assets, saying that Nawaz insisted on continuing his term “despite being caught red-handed”.
He added that Speaker Ayaz Sadiq’s behaviour not only dented the credibility of his position, but also the sanctity of the House.
Speaking to journalists outside the NA, Khan said, “I referred to him as Ayaz Sadiq, not as the Speaker. In my opinion, he is not a speaker. A speaker is supposed to be unbiased.”
“Whatever he’s done, he has done under pressure from Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif,” Imran Khan alleged. – Agencies
