PM Imran Khan terms permitting NRO equivalent to treason
The PM firmly stated that government-owned lands would be recovered from land grabbers.
BALLOKI (Dunya News) – Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan on Saturday asserted that ‘two historic Non-Reconciliation Ordinances (NROs)’ offered to Nawaz Sharif and Asif Ali Zardari’ were responsible for the current economic crisis in the country.
Reportedly, he addressed the general public at the “Plant for Pakistan” campaign at Balloki Headworks in Nankana Sahib.
He rubbished rumors that the federal government would make any deal with the opposition under the NRO by stating "NRO implies forgiving criminals."
He stated that Musharraf’s NRO to former premier Nawaz Sharif and Zardari’s NRO in the Swiss bank accounts case are the reasons for the country’s rising debts.
“It will be treason, if the government gives an NRO to anyone,” he said.
Imran Khan also lambasted opposition leader Shehbaz Sharif and said that the federal government had done whatever was possible to execute the affairs smoothly but “We will not allow relaxation to them anymore,” the PM said.
Certain rumors have been circulating, especially on the social media, regarding a possibility that the government was considering a deal with opposition leaders, especially PMLN’s leadership in order to ease pressure on treasury benches in the parliament.
Later, the PM announced to establish a state of the art university in Baloki. “The university will be named after Baba Guru Nanak”, he said.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Imran Khan launched the Spring Tree Plantation Campaign there. He formally inaugurated the campaign by planting a sapling at the forest reserve.
Prime Minister Imran Khan has launched the Spring 2019 Tree Plantation Drive near Naankana sb in Punjab.
— Ministry of Climate Change, Govt of Pakistan (@ClimateChangePK) February 9, 2019
PM also inaugurated Balloki #NatureReserve forest and #Wildlife sanctuary#Plant4Pakistan pic.twitter.com/tToKekUHt7
On the occasion, the Prime Minister was briefed about the tree plantation campaign.
He pointed out that there used to be big forests in Chicawatni, Mianwali and Changa Manga. He said that the forests should be fully protected.
The PM expressed his resolve to increase forests across the country by recovering land from land grabbers.
Earlier, the PM took to Twitter and firmly stated that government-owned lands would be recovered from land grabbers and would be transformed into forests and wildlife parks in a bid to curb climate change and pollution in Pakistan.
Reportedly, under ‘Plant for Pakistan’ drive, a forest reserve would be developed on 1,500 acres of land.
We are launching our #Plant4Pakistan programme & reclaiming mafia encroached land, converting it into forests and wild life parks for our future generations to fight climate change and pollution. pic.twitter.com/yCaaahr2uB
— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) February 9, 2019
