ISLAMABAD: During a heated debate in Senate, the upper house of parliament on Wednesday, Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan assailed the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) senators for seeking accountability of the short prevailing tenure of PML-N government, saying they must justify their own performance first, DawnNews reported.
After endlessly answering opposition’s questions regarding Islamabad standoff, he some what unexpectedly snapped out at them, saying Zamarud Khan, who jumped on Sikandar and tried to disarm him, has become “peer-o-murshid” for the PPP.
The interior minister went on with his criticism saying Zamarud had turned his back when the gun was pointed at him by Sikandar – the main character of the Jinnah Avenue fiasco. He accused the opposition party for politicising the incident.
Reminiscing PPP government’s alleged silence on number of incidents including Abbottabad raid by US Navy Seals that killed Osama bin Laden and terrorist attacks in which thousands of people lost their lives, Chaudhry Nisar said that his party backed the government rather than criticizing it.
Commenting on probe of the Islamabad incident, he said some useful information has been obtained from Sikandar. “The suspect (Sikandar) did not hold anyone hostage….he wanted to reach the parliament house building,” said the minister.
Without naming anyone, Nisar said there were some other people involved in the Jinnah Avenue spectacle also. “Islamabad is even more secure than before,” he added.