Islamabad : Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan said on Sunday that the ruling party is not removing Finance Minister Ishaq Dar because the “Sharif mafia” is afraid he would spill the beans on alleged money laundering done by him for the family.Imran in a tweet called Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi a puppet of Pakistan Muslim League-N President Nawaz Sharif, and criticised him for not removing Dar.
He said, “Sharif mafia’s front man & absconder from justice facing multiple charges of corruption & money laundering”.Responding in around an hour to Imran’s tweet, Maryam Nawaz said puppet is a word synonymous with the PTI chief.The former prime minister’s daughter asked Imran who ordered him to post the said tweet. It is pertinent to mention here that various parties have demanded that the finance minister step down in light of a corruption probe against him in money laundering and corruption cases.
Reports of Dar’s resignation surfaced again on Saturday before being rubbished by the PML-N. Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb in a media talk said that such reports are baseless, while a PM House statement said that in light of Dar’s health and him seeking treatment abroad, as per cabinet rules, the finance ministry portfolio had already come under the prime minister’s control.
