ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreeke Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan criticized Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s for his what he said non-democratic mindset on Saturday.
In reaction to Prime Minister’s Friday’s speech on occasion of inauguration of a power project, the PTI chief, in multiple tweets, said that Nawaz Sharif’s non-democratic mindset revealed itself once again when he declared people would do his ehtesab! (Accounta
bility)
He opined that this twisted logic was negation of democracy. He added that peopl
e elected their representatives and expected them to be
accountable before the law. Khan said that people did not expect those they elected to abuse the law with impunity.
He said that Islamic and Western democratic traditions both uphold the norm of all being
accountable and equal before law of the land.
“Nawaz Sharif whining about d
evelopment being impeded because he was being investigated for corruption should know d
evelopment is damaged because of corruption,” he added.
PTI chief said that d
evelopment only happens when institutions were strong; government or lea
ders were clean and
accountable before law of the land.
“Elections were a central pivot of democracy but so is rule of law and
accounta
bility, including of th
e elected representatives,” he added.