ONBOARD PM’S SPECIAL AIRCRAFT: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said on Tuesday that the nation had given him the mandate for a full five-year term, had faith in him and firmly believed in his development-oriented policies.
Talking to the journalists accompanying him on his two- day visit to Tajikistan, he said the people would again vote his party into power in 2018 as they were aware of his ability to deliver and bring about a sea of change in their lives.
When asked about the ongoing questioning by the joint investigation team (JIT) of his family members, the Prime Minister said,
“There is nothing to fear as our hands are clean.” “What are the allegations against me? Have I looted the national exchequer? Have I done some corruption or got kickbacks?” he questioned.
Sharif regretted that his family’s business matters were being exploited for political gains and that the person (Sharif himself) who made the country a nuclear power was being held to accountability.
He said conspiracies had been hatched against his government time and again, and expressed optimism that this time too his opponents would fail.
“I have never accepted defeat,” he said. “We faced the 2014 sit-in and another round in 2016 and will InshaAllah sail through this crisis too,” he maintained.
Sharif said his family had been victimised by former president Musharraf and former prime minister Benazir Bhutto.
Published in Daily Times, July 7th , 2017.
