ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Tuesday criticised the lacklustre stance against corruption taken by the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP).
Nisar alleged that officials from the previous government of PPP were involved in massive money laundering carried out by Khanani and Kalia. “The record was destroyed to hide facts,” Nisar said, adding that he would be bringing forward important developments in the case in the next two weeks.
The interior minister denounced Bilawal Bhutto Zardari over adopting an attitude towards politics that was similar to Imran Khan’s style. “Someone has whispered in his ear that he should adopt Imran Khan’s style,” Nisar said.
Nisar, without naming Bilawal or Benazir Bhutto said, “He screams over the Panama Leaks, even though his mother has also been named in the papers. Please take your mother’s case in the court first.”
Taking a jibe at the Pakistan People’s Party, the interior minister drew an analogy between the right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and PPP. He said, “When the PPP talks about tackling corruption, it’s like the BJP speaking about the rights of Muslims.”
Nisar also lamented the treatment of Sindh Police Inspector General AD Khawaja, saying that it was extremely sad that the ‘honest’ inspector general IG was sent on forced leave.
The interior minister also criticised former president Asif Ali Zardari for failing to speak against corruption.
Furthermore, Nisar spoke about the Abbottabad Inquiry Commission and said he would ask the cabinet to reveal the findings of the report.
“The Abbottabad raid was the biggest attack on the country’s sovereignty in the last 69 years,” he said, referring to the raid carried out by US Navy SEALS on Osama Bin Laden’s hideout in Abbottabad on May 2, 2011.
He added that the final decision over the Abbottabad Inquiry Commission report rests with the prime minister.
The Abbottabad Inquiry Commission investigated and reported the circumstances surrounding the May 2011 raid by US Special Forces at a compound in Abbottabad. The commission had interviewed over 300 witnesses and gave 200 recommendations in a 700-page report to the prime minister. The report was immediately classified, but a version was leaked by an international news network.
Three years after submitting the findings, the head of the commission, Justice Javed Iqbal (r) demanded on Monday that the findings of the report be made public.
Speaking to media, Justice Iqbal (r) said the commission’s report only focused on identifying those responsible for what happened.
