Nawaz, Fazl, Zardari damaged Pakistan: Imran Khan

Asia Bulletin (ANI) Wednesday 8th February, 2012

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan has said that Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif and Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Fazlur Rehman has caused damage to the country.

Khan said Sharif and Fazlur had covertly been supporting Zardari either in the name of Islam, or for protecting the system.

He alleged that consensus among political parties over the proposed 20th Amendment reeked of a deal.

"The trio has dented the interests of the people and the country, as Pakistan's wealth has been looted mercilessly during the last four years. Corruption and incompetence has cost the country over 3.1 trillion rupees, and under the rule of the present government, the country's debt has doubled," the Daily Times quoted Khan, as saying.

He said fuel prices rose 15 percent in international markets, but they soared by 51 percent in Pakistan.

"People are made to pay the cost of the rulers' theft from their pockets," he added.

Khan said all the people who took relief from the NRO hatched a conspiracy against the country, which caused the poor to suffer directly.

Insisting that the MQM was not an issue for his party, the former cricketer vowed that the PTI was ready to "topple all three wickets on one delivery". (ANI)