ISLAMABAD, October 5: In a series of tweets, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has justified his party’s decision to boycott Wednesday’s joint session of the Parliament on the issue of tension with India.
Imran Khan claimed that though Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is involved in money laundering and Panama Papers scandal, thus he has lost moral legitimacy to be a Prime Minister.
“I stand by decision to boycott Joint Session as nothing new will be achieved that was not achieved with PTI’s active participation in APC. But I want to ask how any politician with a moral compass can accept a PM who has been caught money laundering in Panama Papers,” he said.
“Mian Panama Sharif has been caught money laundering, tax evading & hiding of assets thereby losing all moral legitimacy to be PM,” he further said. Khan said Sharif has only two options – to present himself for accountability or resign. “He has only 2 options now, as 2 other democratic PMs had after Panama leaks: to go the Cameron route presenting himself for accountability. Or to resign like PM of Iceland did. He cannot seek shelter behind Indian aggression in IOK/LoC esp as he failed to respond firmly to it,” he said.-Sabah
