Powerless men go to jail while the powerful get NROs, says Imran Khan

The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan

Credit: Xpress Tribune

Published: November 14, 2012
Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) Imran Khan talks to media persons during a press conference with Air Marshal (R) Asghar Khan at PTI Central Secretariat on Wednesday. PHOTO: MUHAMMAD JAVAID

ISLAMABAD: Irked by inaction on the Supreme Court’s order in the NRO implementation case, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chief Imran Khan said Wednesday that it was merely the powerless men who have to endure jail terms while the powerful get NROs.

Speaking at a PTI press conference in Islamabad and criticising politicians, Khan said, “These people have made politics into a business and they don’t let any inquiries be conducted.”

He called this the biggest problem of Pakistan.

“A powerful man steals in the country and gets the NRO,” he said, referring to Younus Habib, the owner of Mehran Bank implicated in the Mehrangate case for allegedly having a hand in the creation of the IJI.  More

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