- Monday, March 10, 2025
By: Shubham Ghosh
Former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan once again showered praise on Indian prime minister Narendra Modi while contrasting him with Nawaz Sharif, the leader of the Pakistan Muslim League (N), who has served as the prime minister of his country thrice, on the issue of corruption.
Khan, who lost the premiership in April and was replaced by Shehbaz Sharif, the brother of Nawaz, slammed his predecessor saying no other politician or leader in the world owns properties worth billions abroad like the elder Sharif.
Speaking at a public gathering, the 69-year-old cricketer-turned-politician said, “If a country does not have rule of law, then it doesn’t get investments. Corruption takes place when there is no rule of law. Tell me one country whose leader has a billion worth of properties outside the country. Even in our neighbouring country, how many properties does PM Modi have outside India?”
“No one can imagine how many assets and properties Nawaz possesses abroad,” Imran Khan added.
The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf leader, who was ousted from power after losing a no-confidence motion, recently praised India for its independent foreign policy and for buying oil on discount from Russian amid pressure from the western world. Khan has always been critical of the current government calling it as an “imported government”.
“Despite being part of the Quad, India sustained pressure from the US and bought discounted Russian oil to provide relief to the masses. This is what our government was working to achieve with the help of an independent foreign policy,” he had said in a tweet.
Sharif, who departed for London, UK, in end 2019 and is predicted to return to Pakistan soon, also slammed Khan in the past saying the latter was mocked as a “puppet” in India.
Khan’s praise for India has come at a time when relations between New Delhi and Islamabad have remained strained.
