Peshawar, Jan. 12 (TNS): Lashing out at PML-N government, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan said that despite being in the power for 19 years, Sharif brothers have failed to reform police.
Addressing to a ceremony in Peshawar on Friday, Khan said the masses have lost their trust on Punjab police.
“We have appointed the inspector general (IG) in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa on merit… performance of K-P police makes me happy,” he remarked, adding that merit could only be implemented once institutions were strengthened.
Taking a jibe at Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leadership, the PTI chief said nations do not progress by building roads in advertisements. “Sharif brothers can do nothing but deceive the masses,” he added.
Khan said 10 out of 11 suspects had been arrested in connection with a 16-year-old girl paraded naked in Dera Ismail Khan, adding that if persuaded properly, bureaucracy can perform tasks that even the private institutions would struggle to take on.
“A donkey doesn’t turn into Zebra by painting stripes,” he remarked in an apparent reference to recently changed uniform of the Punjab police.
While visiting Kasur to offer condolence to the Zainab’s family on Wednesday, Imran had said the police system in Punjab was spoiled by Sharif brothers.
“Criminals were inducted in the police force to protect the Sharifs,” he said, adding that the Sharifs had 2,500 policemen for their security and spent Rs7 billion on security for themselves.
Bringing up the Model Town incident in Lahore, the PTI chief likened the Punjab police reaction from 2014 to what was witnessed in Kasur.
“The Model Town incident showed how the police are in their control. The victims haven’t been provided justice as yet, something which can be witnessed by the entire nation,” Imran added.
