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PML-N
to oppose India transit trade route’
ISLAMABAD,
May 13: The Pakistan Muslim League-N rejected on Wednesday an accord
recently signed by Pakistan and Afghanistan in Washington to provide
land route to India for transit trade with Afghanistan. Talking
to reporters here on Wednesday, Leader of the Opposition in the
National Assembly Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan said: “We will launch an
agitation against the accord, besides opposing it in parliament.”
Refuting allegations levelled by President Asif Ali Zardari about
money provided by Osama bin Laden for a no-confidence motion against
the government of Benazir Bhutto, he said it was regrettable that a
man who held the position of the head of state would make an
allegation which had been denied by Nawaz Sharif even when Ms Bhutto
was alive. He said the
no-confidence motion had been defeated because the sitting
government had “purchased PML-N parliamentarians’ loyalty”, adding
that his party had not done anything wrong.
Commenting on the military operation in Malakand, Chaudhry Nisar
said his party had “made it clear to the government that we are …
supporting it as a national obligation and not because it was a
correct … decision”, adding that the prime minister had assured that
an APC would be called by “the end of this week” to discuss all
issues.
Expressing his party’s reservations over the proposed accountability
law, he said it “appears to be aimed at excluding politicians and
bureaucrats”, rendering the “whole accountability process
meaningless”. He said his
party also had reservations on the way the law was being authored by
the committee concerned. “We should submit ourselves for
accountability, instead of wriggling out from law’s clutches.” He,
however, acknowledged that the Musharraf-era NAB and the Ehtesab
Bureau set up by his own party had been misused to victimise
political opponents. “But that does not mean that we should
exonerate … criminals if they belong to a certain political party.”
Referring to the resignation of Haji Parvaiz Khan, a PML-N lawmaker
from Rawalpindi, Chaudhry Nisar said: “Asking him to resign did not
prove that he is guilty. It is for the courts to decide. My party
has only made the court’s task easier. They can now take an
independent decision without coming under pressure from a sitting
MNA.”
Dawn: Staff Reporter:Thursady,May
14, 2009
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