LAHORE: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is facing many controversies these days. Some major cases like Dawn leaks and Panamagate scandal have become a threat to the premier and his Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz government.
Amid all these tensions, PM Nawaz is also being criticised by several political leaders including some from the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), the major party that forms government in Sindh, and Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI), the biggest rival for the PML-N government.
Calling the present government a security risk, Leader of Opposition in National Assembly Khursheed Shah said India was targeting armed forces and civilians at border but Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was holding meeting with an Indian businessman for his ‘vested interest’.
“It is high time the PM informed the nation whether he stands by Pakistan or anti-state elements,” Shah said while talking to media in Karachi.
Shah accused the government of betraying the PPP. “The PM has lost the moral ground to hold his office. All political forces must join hands against it for the sake of country’s integrity and sovereignty,” he said.
On the other side, PTI chief Imran Khan has said there is no personal enmity between him and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and he is only struggling against the premier as he is standing between the nation and an ideal Pakistan, as envisioned by the Quaid-e-Azam and Allama Iqbal.
“I came to politics to make the dreams of the Quaid and Iqbal come true. But Nawaz Sharif is standing in the way of this dream of a better Pakistan. I clarify that I don’t have personal enmity with Nawaz, but he has made the country a worse place,” Imran said.
The PTI chief said his aim was to make Pakistan a country whose green passport was respected in the world, adding that the country was not respected as it relied on foreign loans and was not self-sufficient.
“We aren’t self-sufficient because of corruption. When a nation’s money is laundered abroad, it has to take loans from lenders. The IMF has ordered [Finance Minister] Ishaq Dar to impose further taxes worth Rs40 billion on common people. Inflation will further go up and so will poverty,” he added.
