Chief of Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP) Mahmood Khan Achakzai on Thursday resolved that they would not allow anyone to send the democratic set-up packing. Addressing a press conference here at provincial capital, Achakzai said that the PkMAP alliance with PML-N was for democracy. Mahmood Khan Achakzai expressed his support to the government after the JIT report.
He said his party's alliance with Nawaz Sharif is for the sake of democracy and PKMAP will not let anyone derail democracy. He added that no leader is more popular in the country than Nawaz today. "We will always uphold democratic values. The leader also remarked that his party fully supported PM Nawaz due to their commitment towards democracy, adding that he will never support anti-state forces.
"We are and will always be against Martial Law." Corruption is country's most dangerous disease, he added. Speaking about the current political scenario, Achakzai pointed out that targeting someone on the basis of corruption is a political move. Terming corruption as the biggest issue facing the country, he said one person alone should not be targeted under the garb of accountability.
Achakzai added it is a good omen if the JIT wants to eradicate corruption from the country but corruption has not yet been defined in the country. He said in the prevailing situation no one was more popular leader than Nawaz Sharif.
Terming corruption the most dangerous ill Pakistan is suffering from, the Pashtun national leader called for calling an All Parties Conference (APC) over it. But he said that if anyone was targeted in the garb of corruption it would be unfortunate. He added that if JIT wanted to eliminate corruption from the country it was good. "But, till today, corruption was not defined till today. Changing someone loyalty is also a form of corruption," he opined.
He added that in the past sit-ins were staged in Islamabad without any justification. The participations of the sit-in attacked on Parliament, barged into Parliament house and set up tent houses there, he added. PkMAP chief said that the country could not afford a minor mistake at this critical juncture. He said no country or system can run on basis of injustice. He said that that a joint session of the parliament should be convened for ending corruption and should be waited till the final decision of the Supreme Court in the Panama case.
Achakzai said that a mega corruption scandal surfaced in Quetta but only Mushtaq Raisani and Khalid Langu were punished. He said those persons should also be made accountable who have written off loans billions of rupees.