Imran hits out at PM Abbasi over criticism of Senate chairman

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Sunday slammed Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi for crying foul over the recently-held Senate elections.

In a tweet, the PTI chief said: “So now PM Abbasi is crying abt horse-trading & money deciding Senate elections! If his party was so concerned why didn’t they support PTI’s proposals to change Senate election format to prevent exactly these shenanigans?”A day earlier, the premier voiced concern over the election of the Senate chairman, underlining the need for electing a consensus chairman of the Upper House of Parliament.

He alleged that votes were purchased in the Senate elections.

Hitting out at Abbasi, the PTI chief asked, “How cld [could] Panama case & it’s verdict have derailed

development when it indicted NS [Nawaz Sharif] for money laundering? Does PM Abbasi feel a money launderer shd [should] be above the law bec[ause] of some imagined ongoing development?He asked, “Does PM Abbasi regard the debilitating $10 bn money laundering per yr that is destroying Pakistan a non-issue?”

“Does PM Abbasi think NS is or is not involved in money laundering? if he thinks he is, then how can Abbasi as PM condone crime of money laundering? If Abbasi thinks NS is not guilty of money laundering then he is more foolish than one thought.”

“If the PM of the country is not prepared to accept and respect judgement of the SC, how can others be expected to do so?”