ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) vice-president Maryam Nawaz has asked CPEC Chairman and Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Information retired Lt Gen Asim Saleem Bajwa to face the allegations against him.
“The process of accountability of one person would not affect the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC),” she told journalists after appearing at the Islamabad High Court (IHC) for the hearing of an appeal against her conviction.
Commenting on a recent investigative news report about alleged offshore properties and businesses of Bajwa and his family members, the PML-N vice president said that the report was not a conspiracy against CPEC.
“If the founder of CPEC, Nawaz Sharif, was removed because of one iqamah and didn’t affect the project, them the removal or addition of one person would not affect the CPEC,” she remarked.
Maryam Nawaz further said that allegations have been made against him Bajwa and he should answer them. “The evidence against him is huge,” she said and asked him to clarify his position in front of the nation.
Referring to Nawaz family cases, he said, “In our case, it was like making a mountain out of a molehill but still we served punishments thrice. If you have been accused and evidence has been brought they you should face the law.”
“I want to ask a question from Prime Minister Imran Khan and his government when allegations have been made against Asim Saleem Bajwa with evidence, why is his narrative of accountability weakened?” she questioned.
She also said that every single person was equal under the law. “If I and my father can serve punishment over ‘false cases’ then nobody else could be exempted either,” she added.
Replying to a question regarding Nawaz Sharif, she informed that Nawaz would return to the country the day his condition was out of danger.
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