'NRO for Opposition greatest act of treason,' says PM in Chakwal
Prime Minister Imran Khan addressing a gathering following the revealing of Chakwal University, in Chakwal, on December 26, 2020. — PID
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday said if anyone grants the Opposition an NRO (concession under National Reconciliation Ordinance), "it are going to be the best act of treason against the country".
"The enemy wouldn't have acted during a way worse than such an individual who lets them off the hook," said the premier, during an address following the revealing of several development projects in Chakwal.
He said that today, during a never before seen manner, the Opposition is "targeting" the military and criticising it a bit like the "India propaganda machine".
"So i do know [...] and our members of parliament were saying this [...] the way the political Opposition is levelling criticism on the military is unprecedented in Pakistan's history," PM Imran Khan said.
He said former military ruler Gen Pervez Musharraf was also criticised but he was the country's leader also because the army chief, "so yes in fact he was criticised".
"But the type of language that's getting used for the military today is that the kind that India's propaganda machine uses against the military ."
He said that a lot of people of the world — from Jhelum, Chakwal, and Mianwali — had joined the military and had rendered numerous sacrifices within the service of the soldiers .
'Fake Indian websites promoted PDM'
The premier then spoke of the EU DisinfoLab unearthing a minimum of 700 fake Indian websites during which they might publish news on the name of deceased individuals even.
"The sole purpose was to color Pakistan during a bad light, in order that foreign investors stand back . then the Pakistan army was especially targeted because India wants to weaken us," the prime minister said.
He said that India has always been getting to present Pakistan Army as "a rogue army and terrorists." "Narendra Modi would openly call the last army chief a terrorist."
PM Imran Khan said that these fake websites "would also promote" the Pakistan Democratic Movement's activities. He said that "there are many journalists also who promote them and were a part of the disinformation campaign."
'Corruption documented'
"For the primary time, the Opposition is targeting Pakistan's army. the military chief and therefore the ISI chief. and that they are saying the military was involved in rigging then the govt is chosen .
"So then, did you attend the committee , the Supreme Court, the Parliament?"
He said that the Opposition has been decrying "rigged elections" for the past two years but has not provided any proof. Citing the instance of the recently held presidential elections within the US, he said that when a hue and cry over rigging was raised, the media was the primary to invite proof.
"They have looted the country with both hands for the past 30 years," said PM Imran Khan. He said both Opposition party leaders Nawaz Sharif and Asif Ali Zardari are reported by many UK and US publications as corrupt, with documentaries even made on their "thievery".
"They would call one another corrupt at one point in time," he said.
The premier said that the Opposition only holds its own interests dear and not those of the country.
'They need a coup and call themselves democratic'
He said today, Pakistan needs a robust army "like never before", because never before was there a government in India like today. "Extremist, totalitarian, racist, anti-Muslim, anti-Islam and anti-Pakistan, [...] and with what they're doing to the Kashmiris, it's unprecedented."
The premier said that under such circumstances, the "Opposition is telling the military to get rid of an elected government from power and take away the military chief if he's unwilling to try to to so".
"They are telling the military to try to to a military coup within the country and that they call themselves democratic."
The prime minister said he had never before witnessed such attempts to undermine the country by any government. He said that the Opposition's sole aim is for the govt to offer them an NRO in how . "They want to blackmail us. They know they can not do this to me, in order that they have set their sights on institutions, thinking they will pressurise me to forgive them."
'What example will we set if we do not punish them?'
He said that he's conscious of the requirements of the people, but when the "corrupt" rule the country, the whole system under which people's needs should be serviced is destroyed.
The premier said the govt has "very little" left to spend on the people thanks to half its collections getting used for debt repayment int he first year and within the second, even quite that thanks to accrued interest.
"If we do not punish such people, what quite example are we setting for our children? That the powerful can escape with anything and therefore the jails are just for the poor?" he asked.
'What is your qualification?'
Without naming PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and PML-N vice chairman Maryam Nawaz, "the two children who are holding NRO rallies", the prime minister said that if someone were to ask them what their job experience is, what would they say?
"They will say our fathers are the foremost corrupt people in Pakistan. and that they have cases lined up against them. and that they are being convicted by the courts. this is often our qualification."
He said the 2 "have not worked an hour in their life".
"These two (Nawaz and Zardari) have looted the country for 30 years and are billionaires and have billions abroad and their children also are abroad.
"What is that the reason that you simply two (Bilawal and Maryam) are the leaders of the party? What have you ever done?" asked the prime minister.
PM Imran Khan further said: "The two have began to run the country. And what's their job experience? That 'we had a really privileged upbringing but unfortunately the cash wasn't legitimate income'."
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