GHAKHAR MANDI: Minister for Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage Pervaiz Rashid said on Saturday that the judicial commission headed by the chief justice of Pakistan (CJP) would be fully empowered and also have complete authority to carry out forensic audit through an international audit firm.
Talking to the reporters, the minister said the government would provide all financial assistance in this regard. He said the prime minister enjoyed complete confidence of the nation and the parliament. The minister said the opposition had not only failed in the people’s court in 2013 but also their lies were exposed after the report of Supreme Court inquiry commission in 2015. “They would meet the same fate again,” he added.
Earlier, he said Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan was demanding a judicial commission under the CJP but now he (Imran) had backtracked. The minister claimed that the PTI chief was afraid of the commission because he and his accomplices were “thieves”. “Imran Khan should study the commission’s terms of reference (ToRs) first, and then raise his objections,” he maintained.
He asked the PTI chief to show courage by telling the people that he was opposing a Pakistani contesting the United Kingdom local election and running the campaign of foreigner Zac Goldsmith. He said Imran Khan misconceived that the government was not sincere, which had constituted a Supreme Court commission against his expectations. “He (Imran) had now realised that he would not get any favourable result from the commission because the government had clean hands,” he said.
The minister asked Imran to fully support the commission so that the accountability of everyone could be held. Replying to a question, he said the name of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had not appeared in Panama Paper revelations and Imran Khan was telling a lie. Referring to the hockey match played in the local playground, the minister said the two teams played a fantastic game and the losing team did not hurl allegations of unfair play. “Incompetent and weak players often blame umpires for their defeat,” he added.
