No thief can be a PM, Imran Niazi should resign, Shehbaz reacts to ECP scrutiny report

No thief can be a PM, Imran Niazi should resign Shehbaz reacts to ECP scrutiny report

LAHORE (Dunya News) – Leader of Opposition in National Assembly and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) president Shehbaz Sharif said on Friday that after being proved a thief and a liar, Imran Niazi should resign.

The opposition leader said in his statement that under the constitution of Pakistan and the laws no thief and liar can be the Prime Minister. He said the law and political ethics demand that Imran Niazi to step down.

Shehbaz Sharif said that like the case against Nawaz Sharif, the case against Imran Niazi should be heard on daily basis, adding that the uniform implementation of law is a necessary requirement which should be fulfilled.

He said the country was operating “without a (real) prime minister” and was ruled by a “constitutional and legal vacuum”.

“The country has no head of parliament,” he said, adding that under the law and the constitution, Imran Niazi cannot make decisions. “After the ECP review report, no decision taken can be considered constitutional or legal,” Shehbaz said.

The PML-N president went on to say that the agreement with the IMF and the mini-budget will have to be reviewed, adding that all those whose names are mentioned in the foreign funding case should resign, while after the report of the scrutiny committee, a constitutional crisis has arisen in the country.

“I will consult the opposition on this serious constitutional crisis and the parties and members who have faith in the constitution and the law will have to play their role in bringing the country out of the crisis,” he said and demanded the PTI to disclose details of international accounts.

Shahbaz said more investigations are needed on other foreign entities that have donated to the party and that the details of PTI’s international accounts should be highlighted.

“The people who have accepted illegal funds from non-state actors and companies are a threat to the nuclear power that is Pakistan,” he said.

The opposition leader said if such revelations had come to light in a Western country, the prime minister would have already resigned there.