After Prime Minister Imran Khan accused opposition parties of opposing legislation concerning Financial Action Task Force (FATF) for 'vested' interests, Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Senator Sherry Rehman hit back at the premier, saying the bills were opposed over their 'draconian agenda'.
In a series of tweets on Tuesday, PM Imran Khan had said: "Today in Senate the opposition defeated 2 critical FATF-related bills: Anti Money Laundering & ICT Waqf bills," he disclosed.
According to the PM, the opposition's interests and the country's interests are 'divergent'.
"As accountability noose has tightened, opposition leaders have become desperate to save their corrupt money by trying to prevent parliament from functioning," the PM claimed, adding that the opposition was 'trying to sabotage efforts to exit FATF grey list'.
"Opposition tries to hide behind the facade of democracy to protect their loot & plunder. To blackmail for NRO by defanging NAB, they would even have Pak put on FATF blacklist to destroy the nation's economy & increase poverty. They keep threatening to bring down govt unless given NRO," he added, asserting that no NRO would be given at any cost.
In response to the tweets by the premier, PPP Leader in Senate Sherry Rehman said the opposition opposed the bills because they contained clauses that would give the law enforcers 'powers to arrest anyone without warrants'.
"This is neither required by FATF nor is it defensible in any form of even the most illiberal democracy. These laws are being used to push a draconian agenda," the senator tweeted.
In a series of tweets on Tuesday, PM Imran Khan had said: "Today in Senate the opposition defeated 2 critical FATF-related bills: Anti Money Laundering & ICT Waqf bills," he disclosed.
According to the PM, the opposition's interests and the country's interests are 'divergent'.
"As accountability noose has tightened, opposition leaders have become desperate to save their corrupt money by trying to prevent parliament from functioning," the PM claimed, adding that the opposition was 'trying to sabotage efforts to exit FATF grey list'.
"Opposition tries to hide behind the facade of democracy to protect their loot & plunder. To blackmail for NRO by defanging NAB, they would even have Pak put on FATF blacklist to destroy the nation's economy & increase poverty. They keep threatening to bring down govt unless given NRO," he added, asserting that no NRO would be given at any cost.
In response to the tweets by the premier, PPP Leader in Senate Sherry Rehman said the opposition opposed the bills because they contained clauses that would give the law enforcers 'powers to arrest anyone without warrants'.
"This is neither required by FATF nor is it defensible in any form of even the most illiberal democracy. These laws are being used to push a draconian agenda," the senator tweeted.