Former PTI Leader and Senator Faisal Vawda. PHOTO: EXPRESS/FILE
Senator Faisal Vawda on Friday called on Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar to resign, alleging that Pakistan was being run “like a family company” and asserting that allegations had surfaced against one of Dar’s close relatives, whom he described as his “alleged grandson”.
Vawda claimed that the relative had been accused of bringing foreign women to Pakistan and committing “alleged rape, violence and extortion”. He further claimed that the arrest was made “apparently following the intervention of the relevant foreign embassy”.
The senator claimed that the government was making “full efforts” to suppress the alleged incident. He claimed that there were attempts to limit the case to extortion rather than rape and that preparations were underway to send the alleged foreign victims back to their country as soon as possible.
Vawda also claimed that the statement under Section 164 of the Criminal Procedure Code, which he said “should have come to light by now,” had not been made public.
Citing earlier medical reports, he further claimed that favorable medical reports could also be obtained.
He said these were the “funerals of democracy” during which, according to him, 500 people had captured the country through “elite capture” in the name of democracy. He alleged that while such “democratic funerals” had looted the country for years, they are now “looting honour”.
Vawda further asserted that the future of Pakistan was in the hands of the descendants of these “democratic funerals”.
He said he had continued to expose “democratic parties and democratic funerals” and questioned why no political party, whether in government, opposition or among coalition partners, had issued a statement condemning the alleged incident.
He also criticized “so-called champions of women’s rights” for being silent.
