‘Those who wanted to start movement against govt have started one against themselves’

Shibli Faraz says people who have personal interests will be disappointed

ISLAMABAD:

Taking a jibe at the opposition parties, Minister for Information and Broadcasting Shibli Faraz on Wednesday said that those who wanted to start a movement against the government have started one against themselves.

“Those who only have personal interests will be disappointed,” the minister said in his tweet. “The country and its people will not benefit from the divisive politics of a divided opposition.”

 

ذاتی مفاد کو فوقیت دینے والوں کو رسوائی کے سوا کچھ نہیں ملے گا۔منتشرالخیال اپوزیشن کی انتشاری سیاست میں ملک اور عوام کا بھلا نہیں،اللہ تعالی اپوزیشن کو توفیق دے کہ اسے کرسی کی بجائے عوام اور ان کے مسائل نظر آنا شروع ہو جائیں۔

— Senator Shibli Faraz (@shiblifaraz) December 23, 2020

 

May Allah [God] help the opposition to see the people and their problems instead of the ‘chair’ [power], Faraz added.

The information minister added that the groups with vested interests in the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) have different directions and destinations.

 

پی ڈی ایم میں شامل مفاد پرست ٹولے کی سمتیں مختلف اورمنزلیں جداہیں۔ "یہ سانجھ کی ہنڈیا اب بیچ چوراہے پھوٹ رہی ہے" حکومت کے خلاف تحریک چلانے والوں کے اپنے خلاف تحریک چل پڑی ہے۔ مولانا شیرانی اور حافظ حسین احمد کا بیان اسکی واضح گواہی ہے۔

— Senator Shibli Faraz (@shiblifaraz) December 23, 2020

 

On December 21, the information minister fully exposed the opposition’s tactics of getting an NRO by demanding massive changes in the anti-graft law to make the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) a “toothless” and “featherless” body.

During the parliamentary committee meeting that discussed the Financial Action Task Force (FATF)-related bill the minister said the opposition had sought amendment to 34 out of 38 clauses of the NAB law, which would have made the anti-graft watchdog totally irrelevant.

“It completely belied the impression being given by the opposition of not seeking any NRO-like concession from the government,” he said while talking to the media.

The minister, who was also part of the parliamentary committee meeting, said all the amendments the opposition had sought in the NAB law, were meant to escape the accountability process, and save their “ill-gotten” money and assets.

Unlike the opposition's claims, he said, Prime Minister Imran Khan had the authority to give them any concession; however, he would never give them an NRO.

It was evident from the fact that the government would have conceded to their demands while dealing with the FATF-related law, which it did not, he added.