No-trust move aimed at halting accountability drive: Gill

SAPM says medals should be given to Shehbaz, Zardari for ‘turning poor vendors and peons into billionaires’

LAHORE:

Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Political Communication Dr Shahbaz Gill has said the opposition was attempting to bring a no-confidence motion against the government in order to halt the ongoing accountability drive.

Addressing a press conference in Lahore on Saturday, Gill said that the Sharif family, former president Asif Zardari and JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman are members of the “same mafia”. The opposition leaders have joined hands due to PM Imran Khan’s campaign against corruption.

He said that the opposition wanted to table the no-confidence motion in National Assembly to dodge accountability process and protect their “ill-gotten wealth”.

Gill said the opposition parties had been in trouble for the past few days and that was why all “thieves” joined hands against the government. “In the past, they would call each other thieves,” he added.

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The SAPM said that PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif was left with no option to escape accountability as special court would indict him in sugar scam case on February 18.

“Indictment with all proofs of his corruption is ready and now only punishment is to be awarded. Now Shehbaz Sharif, along with rest of the opposition, is trying to save himself from indictment,” he added.

Gill said that the prime minister would never give an NRO [secret deal] or make any compromise with anyone, saying as he was firm in his stance against corruption.

The PM’s aide said the “medals” should be given to Shehbaz and Zardari for making the poor vendors and peons billionaires as allegedly billions of rupees were recovered from their bank accounts.

Likewise, he claimed that billions of rupees were kept in the bank accounts of poor employees by Asif Ali Zardari.

He said that every action of the opposition would strengthen the government.

Speaking about other issues, Gill said aid Uzbekistan had announced using Pakistani seaport, which “is a great achievement of the government”. He said that the previous government had left Rs7 billion foreign reserves while the current government raised it to Rs22 billion.

He said that inflation was an international issue, and all countries were facing the same financial crunch.