Dynastic political families destroyed Pakistan, says Imran

Islamabad, Dec 18: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has hit out at his political rivals from the powerful Bhutto and Sharif families, blaming them for promoting corruption and destroying the country. In an interview, Khan said Pakistan was rich in resources but the Bhutto and Sharif families used them unfairly.

Khan, heading the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, slammed former prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s Pakistan Muslim League and Pakistan Peoples Party of slain leader Benazir Bhutto, saying these were not parties but dynasties “responsible for corruption and the current problems faced by the country”. He said corruption was the biggest evil and repeated his long-held view that elites in the developing world were siphoning resources to the western world by keeping their own people poor.

He said his government wanted Pakistan to become a prosperous country and was fighting against the two super-rich families, Geo News reported. “Corruption is something which destroys a country. The poor countries are poor not because they lack resources but because their leadership is corrupt,” Khan said.

Former PM Sharif, currently in London for medical treatment, is facing corruption charges in Pakistan. Former Pak president, Asif Ali Zardari, also husband of late prime minister Benazir Bhutto, is also facing a slew of corruption charges. “I will myself conduct transparent investigations against ministers If corruption allegations are levelled against them,” he said. —(PTI)