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! (Accountability)
He opined that this twisted logic was negation of democracy. He added that people 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 development being impeded because he was being investigated for corruption should know development is damaged because of corruption,” he added.
PTI chief said that development only happens when institutions were strong; government or leaders were clean and accountable before law of the land.
“Elections were a central pivot of democracy but so is rule of law and accountability, including of the elected representatives,” he added.
