2/13/2012 06:39:00 AM
KARACHI: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan on Monday posed a question to the Pakistan Peoples Party-led government – “What moral justification does Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani have after being indicted with contempt charges?“
Khan was speaking to the media at the induction of Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) Karachi division chief organiser Syed Hafeezuddin into his party.
The PTI chairman said that Gilani should resign from the premiership under the light of his indictment in the Supreme Court of Pakistan today.
“The Supreme Court is operating cautiously in all its proceedings, so rather than pressurising it, you [Gilani] should resign as there is no justification for you [Gilani] to continue as the prime minister of Pakistan.”
Khan said that democracy is governed by “morality, not force,” as force “remains with the armed forces.”
“Why was this contempt done?” Khan questioned. “Was this done to benefit or to serve the people of Pakistan? No. This was done only to guard the plundered money in President Asif Ali Zardari’s Swiss accounts.”
Khan said that Gilani will not be able to take any action against anybody who is facing contempt charges. “You set an example for the people to follow. If Gilani has been indicted with contempt charges, how can he in the future question somebody who is found in contempt to the court?”
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