Imran’s statement about welcoming martial law shameful: Saad Rafique

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Railways Khawaja Saad Rafique on Monday said the statement of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf chairman Imran Khan about the nation welcoming martial law in the country is shameful.

In a reaction to Imran Khan’s statement on Sunday at a public gathering in Azad Jammu and Kashmir, the minister said his statement is a conspiracy against national cohesion and solidarity.

“It shows his ill wishes against democracy as he has violated article six of the constitution by issuing the statement.”

The Pakistani nation never welcomed dictators and those who distributed sweets after October 1999 coup by Pervez Musharraf were a few of his cronies to create an impression that people had welcomed his martial law, he added.

Saad Rafique said political parties and people of Pakistan rendered unforgettable sacrifices for democracy and PTI chief was either ignorant of the history or he was not comfortable with democracy.

He said only the continuity of democracy can ensure transparency merit and rule of law in the country as four martial laws of the past had dragged the country to the verge of destruction.