Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan has announced that Pakistan will not join any camp in Russia-Ukraine crisis.

He said this while addressing a public gathering in Mailsi on Sunday.

PM Imran has asked European Union (EU) ambassadors in Pakistan whether they have written India the same letter which they have sent to Pakistan.

He said it was Pakistan that had supported NATO in the war on terror. The rulers at that time supported these countries.

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He further asked the EU whether it thanked Pakistan for supporting its war on terror as she suffered immensely. Pakistan’s economy had suffered  $100 billion loss, 80 thousand Pakistani soldiers and civilians were martyred and 3.5 million people in tribal areas were dislocated due to this so-called terror on war.

The prime minister said that instead of acknowledging such huge sacrifices, certain countries in Europe blamed Pakistan for their failures in Afghanistan.

“In Kashmir, India had brazenly violated UNSC resolutions. Whether they have criticised or severed ties with India or stopped trade?” the prime minister posed a question.

He said that Pakistan was not a slave to any country and would not follow and accept the dictation from anyone. About 400 drone attacks were recorded from 2008 to 2018. In history, it never happened that a country fighting for another’s war had been targeted.

The two former ruling families never muster the courage to question these gross violations of the international laws, he said, adding they never felt ashamed over such drone attacks targeting innocent families in the tribal areas.

He maintained that Pakistan was fighting the war of others and the same countries were carrying out drone attacks inside Pakistan, targeting and killing innocent Pakistani people.

He announced that I would ask the Pakistan Air Force to shoot down drones if they violate the air space of the country.

He further said that Nawaz Sharif and Asif Ali Zardari can not adopt an independent foreign policy as they have bank accounts in foreign countries where they have stashed their looted money and where their children live and enjoy luxurious life.

He added that Pakistan had friendly relations with USA and EU but it also enjoyed good ties with China and Russia.

He flayed  Nawaz Sharif, Asif Ali Zardari and Maulana Fazlur Rehman for doing bad and self-interested  politics.

He said that they were defeated and rejected politicians who have been thrown out of politics by the masses of Pakistan. They were bringing a no-confidence motion against him because they knew that Imran Khan would not spare them.

He said that he was fully prepared to tackle the moves made by a ‘bunch of thieves’.

The prime minister dared them to introduce the no-confidence motion in the parliament, declaring that after its failure, they would have to face the consequences.

The prime minister said the people behind the move for no-confidence were Nawaz Sharif, Asif Zardari and Maulana Fazlur Rehman.

Nawaz Sharif had been convicted by the Supreme Court and now he has been an absconder sitting abroad. With his ‘Bollywood acting’ and requests regarding his health issues, he went abroad, he said, adding “Whether a timid can be a leader who had fled the country twice!”

He said the thrice elected prime minister of the country had been living in luxurious and palatial houses in UK and when he was asked to explain the sources of his ill-gotten pelf and properties, he disowned them, telling that these belonged to his children who were not the citizens of Pakistan.

The prime minister said that the two families of Sharif and Zardari had plundered the country during the last 30 years.

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Referring to the alleged corruption of Leader of Opposition in the National Assembly Shahbaz Sharif, the prime minister said an amount of Rs3.75 billion was detected in the account of his servant and peon Maqsood peon.

Shahbaz Sharif would have to give answers to the criminal charges, if he had earned the money in fair means, it would have been deposited in his accounts rather than landing in his servant’s accounts, he opined.

The prime minister said during Benazir Bhutto’s first tenue, her spouse Zardari earned the notoriety of Mr. 10 percent across the world.

The newspapers and books contained stories of their untamed corruption, even BBC had released a documentary over their corruption, he said, adding both families framed corruption cases against each other.

Similarly, in the national assembly, Zardari also denied owning Surrey Palace and $60 million dollars Swiss accounts, but when he got NROs, these assets were embezzled.

The two families had burdened Pakistan with whopping Rs30,000 billion debts during ten years of their rule, he added.

Now, this group of vested interests had gathered, claiming that situation in Pakistan was not good.

About Fazlur Rehman, the prime minister said that he would not call him as ‘maulana’ an epitaph used for the learned and respected persons, as the leader of JUI-F had bargained over diesel permits.

The prime minister said Fazlur Rehman had brought seminaries pupils to Islamabad by misleading them against Imran Khan.

He said in the presence of such a clique of dacoits, no one was required to conspire against his government.

The prime minister said that a self-reliant nation could achieve greatness while a nation begging before others was akin to using of crutches.