Islamabad: (Parliament Times) Pakistan Muslim League (N) during a meeting here on Thursday unanimously agreed that Prime Minister Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif has the masses’ mandate and he won’t resign at any cost from his post.
The decision was taken at a high level consultative meeting, which was held under the chair of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, and attended by senior stalwarts of the party. The party leaders at the meeting reviewed the Supreme Court’s decision on Panama Leaks case. It is worth to mention here that following the apex court’s verdict on Panama case opposition parties have upped the ante against premier demanding him to resign from the post till the final verdict on Panama case.
However, the ruling party (PML-N), has decided in the today’s onsultative meeting that PM has the people’s mandate and will not resign at any cost. PML-N has also turned down the PTI’s claim of offering Rs10bn to Imran Khan to stay silent and has decided to send defamation notice to Imran Khan over his claims.
A team of legal experts has also been constituted in this regard. It was also decided in the meeting to strengthen social media for giving forceful response to opposition on social media. During the meeting, the premiere rejected Imran Khan’s claim, saying that he has always presented himself before the courts and people. Sharif further said that lies and defamation campaign by opposition parties against him have always failed.
Earlier, Chief Minister of Punjab Shahbaz Sharif dismissed the allegation by saying that “Imran Khan has made a record of lying, I have the right to take this up in the court of law.” The CM said that if the PTI chief’s allegations of Sharif’s friend offering him Rs10 billion as a bribe in Dubai is proven true, the public “should not forgive him till the end of days.”
Meanwhile, Imran Khan has maintained that he would not reveal the name of the person who made Rs10 billion offer. Speaking during an interview, Khan said that the person who made an offer was a close to Chief Minister Punjab Shehbaz Sharif but in case if he reveals his name, the person will get into trouble. He said that the offer was made two weeks ago. Khan also said that the Rs.0bn was just an initial offer.
While speaking at a gathering at Shaukat Khanum Hospital, the chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf alleged that he had been made an offer during the Supreme Court`s Panama case. “Just imagine how much money he offered me to stay silent. Rs10 billion… If he can offer me this much money, just imagine how much he would offer to others.
“If we don’t maintain public pressure on this issue then after two months it will be dragged to next year,” Khan said.
In her reaction, Maryam Nawaz, daughter of Nawaz Sharif, on Wednesday said that she “fears for the fate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman in the hereafter”.
In her tweet, she noted that the PTI chief at times says that he was made the offer by an aide of Punjab CM Shahbaz Sharif, while on other hand he says it was Hamza Shahbaz’s friend who offered the huge sum to his affiliate in Dubai. “I fear for this man’s Hereafter!â€, Maryam said in her tweet.