LAHORE, Jul 30 (APP):Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiative Ahsan Iqbal on Saturday demanded the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to announce the verdict of the PTI foreign funding case.
Addressing a press conference here, he said that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)
had concealed many accounts which were used for transactions of funds from abroad
and utilised for personal purposes.
He added that the PTI had been found indulged in misappropriation of funds.
The minister said that the PTI had used the funding for social media campaigns in the country,
adding that the foreign funding case had been kept pending for years despite many evidences
against the PTI.
There had been evidences against the PTI for getting funds from anti-Pakistan
lobbies abroad and overseas Pakistanis, he added.
The minister said that the PTI also committed fraud with the nation and overseas Pakistanis
by collecting billions of rupees in the name of dam fund and nobody knew that where that money
was right now and where the money was being utilized. Today, the people were asking where that
dam had been built, he added.
Ahsan Iqbal said that the PTI chief Imran Khan committed political tempering to maneuver things in
his favour, adding that Imran had also laid the foundation of inflation and fluctuation of dollar price,
and economic challenges faced by the country were created by the PTI leadership.
The minister said the PTI leadership should avoid creating chaotic situation in the country for
personal gains, adding that economic reforms and political stability were necessary to put the country on the way to progress and prosperity.
He said that the PTI left the country in difficult circumstances after committing rampant corruption
and failed policies, as it neither delivered the masses nor launched any mega project of public
welfare.
Ahsan Iqbal said that there was nothing for the PTI to mention about its four years rule except initiating baseless cases against political opponents, adding that the PML-N leadership faced fake cases but not a single penny of corruption was proved against anyone.
The federal minister said that knowing the facts that the country’s economy was showing
a gloomy picture the PML-N accepted the government and took difficult decisions for
economic stability and welfare of the people, adding that the PML-N had also paid the price of tough
decisions but it saved the country from default.
The minister said PTI chief Imran Khan was using negative remarks against the country to create
political instability.
He said that due to an ongoing war in Ukraine, petroleum supply had suffered and resultantly,
inflation had increased across the world. He said the current inflation in the country was result
of the past PTI government’s policies and its deal with the IMF.
The rupee’s depreciation was speculative and as soon the government would secure the
IMF deal, the value of the currency would become stable, he said, adding that the PML-N
had completed various mega projects whereas the PTI had nothing to tell the people
about its performance.
To a question, he said that the PTI was misleading the nation particularly the youth through
fake slogans and baseless narratives which had been rejected by the people.