Pak PM slams opposition for pressure tactics
Prime Minister Imran Khan yesterday lashed out at the opposition for disrupting National Assembly proceedings by staging regular walkouts.
In a tweet — which came a day after the opposition walked out on the opening day of the National Assembly's new session — the prime minister said that the repeated walkouts indicated that this was "the only function they (opposition) intend to perform".
He claimed that walkouts are used as "pressure tactics" to "seek an NRO (National Reconciliation Ordinance) and evade accountability for corruption in NAB (National Accountability Bureau) cases not initiated by PTI (Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf)".
In another tweet, the prime minister wondered if democracy for the opposition meant "immunity from corruption".
"It seems for them being elected is a license to plunder the country," he added.
A day earlier, PPP leader and former president Asif Ali Zardari had lashed out at NAB on the floor of the assembly.
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