Report in The Nation, Nov 8, 2020
LAHORE/HAFIZABAD – Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday emphatically stated that the corrupt elements would be brought to justice and the plundered amount would be recovered from their possession.
The prime minister was addressing a mammoth public gathering in Hafizabad after breaking ground of the Hafizabad University and a 400-bed District Headquarters Hospital (DHQ) for the city. ….
The Prime Minister regretted that a person sitting in London is attacking the state institutions including the judiciary and the Army. He said the PML (N) leader Nawaz Sharif is speaking the language of India to protect the looted amount….
Calling the public gatherings of opposition’s alliance a “circus”, the prime minister said despite having looted the country for 30 years, they desired to continue enjoying privileges instead of facing accountability.
Having failed to pressure the government, he said, the opposition resorted to target the judiciary, the Army Chief, and the Inter-Services Intelligence Director General, which was tantamount to instigating a coup within the institutions, just to cover up their (opposition) theft.
He said the conspirators like Mir Jafar and Mir Sadiq of the past, and Mir Ayaz Sadiq (PML-N leader Ayaz Sadiq for his statement on Indian pilot Abhinandan’s release) would be made accountable to law.
As the crowd chanted “diesel diesel” (term referred to JUI-F leader Maulana Fazlur Rehman), the prime minister rubbished his (Maulana Fazl’s) criticism, saying Islam was under threat due to the people like him, not the one who had raised the issue of Holy Prophet’s (Peace Be Upon Him) sanctity at international fora…….
https://nation.com.pk/08-Nov-2020/opposition-s-attack-on-judiciary-army-tantamount-to-instigating-a-coup-within-institutions
