ISLAMABAD (APP): Federal Railways Minister Khawaja Saad Rafique on Saturday said that a malicious campaign against Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has been underway for the last four years.
In a series of tweets, Rafique lambasted at Sheikh Rasheed and Imran Khan for apparently spearheading the campaign against former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.
“They are political pawns who are being used by ‘anti-democratic elements’, intending to derail the democracy and weaken the state institutions,”Rafique said in his tweet.
The minister asserted that the ex-PM Sharif is being targeted for taking a firm stand against such anti-democratic elements. “The sole crime of Sharif is taking a stand against those elements intending to harm democracy rather becoming their stooge,”he added.
Cautioning the opponents, Rafique said that the democracy must not be marred while making all-out efforts to degrade the ruling party.
His tweets have come after an incident when an accountability court on Friday abruptly adjourned graft proceedings against Sharif family members after PML-N lawyers staged a protest inside the courtroom when they were denied an entry by police personnel.
The court was set to indict Sharif family members in three graft references when it deferred the indictment after a scuffle broke out between members of legal fraternity and policemen.
In a subsequent tweet, Rafique said the incident should not be linked with the PML-N.
Earlier speaking at a function, Saad Rafiq criticized US Defense Secretary for his statement that the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor passes through ‘disputed ‘territory. the minister said that the US officials needed to keep their statements to themselves and don’t need to lecture us.
Lashing out at US, the minister said that Pakistan would not listen to the “do more” mantra anymore. He said that the government was cleaning up the mess created by the US in Pakistan.
He said that despite many shortcomings Pakistan still has a functioning, strong judiciary and its army is among the best in the world. He said that the condition of the country is not as bad as being painted all over the world.
