Pak PM Shehbaz calls Imran Khan ‘a licensed thief’ | World News

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday tore into Imran Khan, describing the ex-premier as a “licensed thief”, a day after his disqualification within the concealment of belongings within the Toshakhana case.

Khan, 70, was disqualified on Friday by the Election Fee of Pakistan for failing to tell it in regards to the cash he acquired after promoting the state presents, often known as the Toshakhana case.

Addressing a information convention in Lahore, Prime Minister Sharif mentioned Khan had been confirmed as a “licensed liar and a thief”.

He, nonetheless, cautioned that this was not a second of happiness, however one in all “reflection”.

Speaking in regards to the presents which Khan bought at a reduced value from the state depository or Toshakhana and offered at hefty earnings, Sharif mentioned he ought to have auctioned the presents and deposited the proceeds within the authorities treasury.

He mentioned that he too had as soon as acquired a letter from the Cupboard Division about with the ability to purchase a state reward after paying a certain quantity.

“I answered again to the letter saying, ‘No, thanks' and deposited [the gift] within the Toshakhana,” he mentioned.

Sharif mentioned that the state presents have been now being displayed on the Prime Minister’s Home to dispel the impression that they go lacking.

He additionally accused Khan of constructing his Banigala home within the suburbs of Islamabad by violating the native legal guidelines and afterward legalising it when he was in energy.

Sharif additionally rejected the allegations by Khan that the previous premier and his brother Nawaz Sharif have been concerned in his disqualification verdict.

The prime minister additionally congratulated Pakistan on its exit from the Monetary Motion Process Power’s gray listing.

“I congratulate the entire nation from the depths of my coronary heart,” he mentioned.

Established in 1974, the Toshakhana is a division below the executive management of the Cupboard Division and shops valuable presents given to rulers, parliamentarians, bureaucrats, and officers by heads of different governments and states and international dignitaries.

Khan was ousted from energy in April after dropping a no-confidence vote in his management, which he alleged was a part of a US-led conspiracy focusing on him due to his unbiased international coverage choices on Russia, China and Afghanistan.

The cricketer-turned-politician, who got here to energy in 2018, is the one Pakistani Prime Minister to be ousted in a no-confidence vote in Parliament. PTI SH MRJ MRJ