- PML-N believes in politics of public service, says Malik.
- Minister says: “We are not from May 9, we are from May 28.”
- Malik says there is no democracy in the Khan-founded party.
Minister for Law and Attorney General Aqeel Malik said on Monday that Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has never sidelined former three-time prime minister Nawaz Sharif, adding that all decisions are taken in consultation with him.
Talking further Pakinomist news program “Capital Talk”, Malik said the PML-N believed in the policy of public service and highlighted its achievements such as building the highway network and turning the country into a nuclear state.
The minister said that PML-N has never compromised the dignity and integrity of the country.
Taking a dig at the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Malik said, “We are not of May 9, we are of May 28.” On 28 May 1998, Pakistan became a nuclear power after conducting six nuclear tests in Chagai, Balochistan.
Pakistan joined the ranks of nuclear powers during the tenure of then Prime Minister Nawaz.
Firing a fresh salvo at the PTI, the minister said that Nawaz has never acted against the country or the national interest and asked if he had ever written to the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
In February last year, PTI founder Imran Khan revealed that he had written to the IMF requesting an audit of the election results before any new approval of loans to Islamabad – a move that has been widely criticized by the ruling coalition.
The minister said: “Nations do not make progress with slogans, claims or speeches.”
He claimed that there is no democracy in the Khan-founded party, adding that more than half of PTI members are calling for a solution.
On the issue of governor’s rule in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the minister called it a “constitutional process” but highly undesirable.
The federal government was seriously considering introducing governor’s rule in KP, he added.
In the same show, PTI Chief Whip in the National Assembly Amir Dogar said, “Where are we going when there is so much repression?”
He maintained that Parliament has been turned into a “rubber stamp” and those in power have failed to deliver. “When mandates are stolen and the public is suppressed, the country cannot progress,” he added.
