ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People’s Party Secretary General and former Punjab governor Sardar Latif Khosa has said Punjab has become a safe haven for terrorists.
He said Rangers should take action against them. In an exclusive interview to Daily Times, he claimed the rulers in Punjab have embezzled billion of rupees in projects like Sasti Roti, Danish Schools, LNG project, Nandipur power plant, metro bus and orange train, and demanded NAB action over this. “The rulers of Punjab are not sacred cows that no one can even raise a finger at them. Why is Rangers not given special powers in the province? Why is it carrying out an operation in Sindh only?” he asked.
The PPP leader said the government sent Pervez Musharraf abroad for some other reason but is attributing his exit to the court. “As a matter of fact the court never asked for sending the former dictator out of country.” He told this reporter that attorney general of Pakistan had stated in the court that Musharraf’s name was put on in the Exit Control List on the orders of the court in 2013, but the court said it has already given its verdict in the case and after that it was the prerogative of the government to either keep Musharraf’s name on the ECL or allow him to fly overseas.
He said that it was for the first time ever in the history of the country that a president (Musharraf) who was also the army chief was forced to leave both offices “and this all happened due to the political vision of Asif Zardari”. “ The final decision regarding the reorganisation of PPP would be taken by the Central Executive Committee (CEC) of the party,” he added. Khosa said the PML-N is in the bad habit of lying to the nation. “PPP did not give a red carpet departure to Musharraf rather forced him to resign.” He said it was the PPP that took away the powers of the president to send the government home and returned it to parliament and people.
Khosa said the presence of millions of people in the public meeting of Bilawal Bhutto Zardari in Rahim Yar Khan is proof that the enthusiasm of times of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto and Benazir Bhutto is coming back.
