Sharif wanted to turn army into Punjab police: PM

[ziaulislam]

Sharif wanted to turn army into Punjab police: PM
Premier says opposition tries to control ISI as it becomes aware of their corruption


Our CorrespondentOctober 09, 2020

Prime Minister Imran Khan speaks during an international conference on the future of Afghan refugees living in Pakistan, organised by Pakistan and the UN Refugee Agency in Islamabad. PHOTO: REUTERS
ISLAMABAD:
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday fired a fresh salvo against former premier Nawaz Sharif, claiming that the PML-N supremo had ended up in a feud with every army chief because he wanted to “turn the military into Punjab police”.
Speaking at a ceremony organised by the Insaf Lawyers Forum in Islamabad, the premier also maintained that the opposition parties during their tenures in power were able to control all institutions with the exception of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), which was aware about their corrupt activities.
“When they [opposition parties] come to power, they are able to control all institutions that are responsible for keeping a check and balance on the government with only one exception [ISI],” he added.

“It [ISI] is aware of their corruption and they try to control it. That’s where the clash starts.”
The prime minister quoted former chief justice of Pakistan Asif Saeed Khosa as saying that all institutions in the country had been paralysed by politicians.
“The reason I don’t have a problem is that the ISI knows about my lifestyle.”
PM Imran said if he also indulged in corrupt activities and started laundering money out of the country, the ISI would be the first one to find out about it because it was the world's top agency.
Speaking about the opposition alliance Pakistan Democratic Movement’s (PDM) anti-government movement, the premier said all “unemployed” politicians had come together to try and save themselves.
“They can do whatever they want but they would be jailed if they break the law,” he warned.
“I say this to their [opposition] supporters. Take their money and even eat their Qeemay Kay Naan, but stay inside [instead of staging protests].”
The prime minister maintained that the country was at a tipping point and the decisions made today would either make or break Pakistan.
The premier reiterated that Sharif’s recent speeches against the military were propagating Indian agenda.
“It is India’s mission to put Pakistan on FATF’s blacklist because sanctions would be imposed on us. I assure you, if someone is carrying that agenda, it is him [Sharif],” the premier claimed.
“If the Pakistani military is weakened, the country will find itself in the same kind of turmoil that we see in other Muslim countries including Libya, Syria and Yemen.”
The premier spoke about Sharif’s claim that former ISI chief Zaheerul Islam had asked him to resign as the prime minister. Why did he (Zaheer) say that and why did you (Sharif) silently listen to it? It’s because Zaheerul Islam knew how much money you had looted.”
PM Imran also lashed out at PML-N leader Mohammad Zubair for comparing Sharif to late Iranian leader Ayatollah Khomeini.
“Khomeini was loved by his people. He led a simple life and owned a small house when he passed away. How can he [Khomeini] be compared with a person who has made property worth billions,” he added.
The premier said Sharif had not presented a single document to clarify his money trail while he, being a former cricketer, had shown all purchase contracts of his London flat bought some 40 years ago.
“In fact, they feel no shame in looting the money from public exchequer belonging to the poor people of this country,” he said, stressing that Pakistan could not prosper in the absence of rule of law, where rulers considered themselves above law and indulged in corruption.
He referred to an international report saying that around $1,000 billion were annually drained from the poor to rich countries through corruption and exploitation by the elite.
PM Imran said the rule of law was the basic principle of the State of Madina, and lawyers should follow such values during their professional duties and become future leaders by pursuing politics.
He announced that health cards would be introduced for medical treatment of lawyers and they would also be accommodated in the Naya Pakistan Housing Project.
Speaking on the occasion, ILF Chairman Barrister Syed Ali Zafar said lawyers had always stood by democracy and justice following the principles as championed by Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah.
He added that the government of PM Imran was aware of the importance of people in a democracy and thus was following a people-centric approach in governance.
The premier said Sharif was not taking a stand for democracy and protecting his personal interests instead.
"I am democracy," he added. "I was elected after securing the highest number of votes in Pakistan and won from five constituencies."
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these words are out of my mouth...... "wants to turn army into punjab police".............. lol

 

[Silverblaze]

Lesson - punjab police was, is and will remain bad even under PTI.

Mr. Khan and the establishment created the nawaz sharif crisis and are now complaining.

Please deliver some good performance or people will be fed up.

 

[Vapour]

Question is for how long can the Govt just give out statements, in fear of western media and other illusory threats and not establish the writ of the state and do the much-needed purge of the traitorous elements inside and outside of Pakistan?

 

[TheSnakeEatingMarkhur]

Lesson - punjab police was, is and will remain bad even under PTI.

Mr. Khan and the establishment created the nawaz sharif crisis and are now complaining.

Please deliver some good performance or people will be fed up.

Bahi under the radar/ for interests of country he has done a lot but where he and his team has failed to perform is controling inflation and even tho it was almost 90% fault of previous govt but he failed to control it so blaming previous even if rightfully won't help him...

 

[ziaulislam]

Bahi under the radar/ for interests of country he has done a lot but where he and his team has failed to perform is controling inflation and even tho it was almost 90% fault of previous govt but he failed to control it so blaming previous even if rightfully won't help him...

first of all, under ideal conditions for devloping nation you expect an infaltion of 6-7%

for pakistan the infaltion for food has been in double digits..why?

well what do you expect when you devalue by 50%..why did we devalue by 50%, ? no one knows, because it was not mr sharif and his printing notes, he is an angle

 

[Imran Khan]

Lesson - punjab police was, is and will remain bad even under PTI.

Mr. Khan and the establishment created the nawaz sharif crisis and are now complaining.

Please deliver some good performance or people will be fed up.

once a sane person told if police gain power and fixed then role of establishment will be reduced .

 

[TheSnakeEatingMarkhur]

first of all, under ideal conditions for devloping nation you expect an infaltion of 6-7%

for pakistan the infaltion for food has been in double digits..why?

well what do you expect when you devalue by 50%..why did we devalue by 50%, ? no one knows, because it was not mr sharif and his printing notes, he is an angle

We devalued because we had a dumb finance minister who kept dollar artificially low and when set to free market value it sky rocketed... and I feel like this blunder is what led to half of our problems mere bahi...

As for inflation has been in double digits for last 12 years now...
Roughly
PPP=24%
PMLN=11%
PTI= Some 14%

 

[Sugarcane]

why did we devalue by 50%,

Day IK assumed office it USD to PKR exchange rate was 124. Today, it's around 165 which is 33% devaluation. Why it needed to be devalued (in fact bring PKR to actual worth)? Noora league's Finance Minister Miftah Ismail (who became FM when samdhi of choor khandan ran away) and later interim government gave the answer - For uneducated people in simple words "Pakistan didn't have enough dollars in reserves to artificially keep the PKR appreciated by manipulating market"

 

[Irfan Baloch]

Lesson - punjab police was, is and will remain bad even under PTI.

Mr. Khan and the establishment created the nawaz sharif crisis and are now complaining.

Please deliver some good performance or people will be fed up.

criticism of Noon league only buys a temporary time.
you are right. people will judge PTI through its conduct and performance and it leaves much to be desired.

 

[ziaulislam]

Day IK assumed office it USD to PKR exchange rate was 124. Today, it's around 165 which is 33% devaluation. Why it needed to be devalued (in fact bring PKR to actual worth)? Noora league's Finance Minister Miftah Ismail (who became FM when samdhi of choor khandan ran away) and later interim government gave the answer - For uneducated people in simple words "Pakistan didn't have enough dollars in reserves to artificially keep the PKR appreciated by manipulating market"

it was 129 and still overvalued..
WHEN YOU PRINT NOTES YOU DEVALUE your rupee..

but when you go into expenditure over run you HAVE NO CHOICE..
you cant default and not pay right...

so you continue to print notes for another 1-2 years till you are able to balance the books, this is what PTI did, so you saw printing notes during there first yr of pTI govt too(massive fiscal deficit and state bank lending).

also when you try to curb inflation (extra money) you go into high interest rates..with 33% of money going to loan repayment what will happne, is it hard to guess?..your current expenditure will balloon out of control..

fact is that i was surpised we didnt default, my thought was rupee will go to around 200rs as previously a smaller deficit in 2008 and 2013 led to much larger devaluation(>40% in 2008 and 2013)..(deficit of less then 2-4 billion dollars vs 24b dollars)


i explained this to my 12 years old sister and illiterate mother both understood but Phd scholars dont get it??..as doctor, i will call this behavior as denial nothing else ...there is no way simple math and note printing concept doesn't fit into anyone who has IQ of above 70

 

[ziaulislam]

criticism of Noon league only buys a temporary time.
you are right. people will judge PTI through its conduct and performance and it leaves much to be desired.

PTI will prprobably not win in central punjab again nor it won this time

Day IK assumed office it USD to PKR exchange rate was 124. Today, it's around 165 which is 33% devaluation. Why it needed to be devalued (in fact bring PKR to actual worth)? Noora league's Finance Minister Miftah Ismail (who became FM when samdhi of choor khandan ran away) and later interim government gave the answer - For uneducated people in simple words "Pakistan didn't have enough dollars in reserves to artificially keep the PKR appreciated by manipulating market"

Because you cant tell someone that if u buy a apple from me i will give you money(this is what an overvalued piece of paper/rupee basically is)

Its not just simple dollars but also how many unbacked notes you printed i.e state bank lending

What reserves do is remove the part of uncertainty and panic

 

[El Sidd]

"I am democracy," he added. "I was elected after securing the highest number of votes in Pakistan and won from five constituencies."

Standard fascism.

Voter turnout was abysmal and the only reason more registered vote were there is due demographics.

Colonel Niazi is walking the plank !!