Former PTI leader and Senator Faisal Vawda. PHOTO: EXPRESS/FILE
Senator Faisal Vawda on Friday called on Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar to resign, alleging that Pakistan was run “like a family business” and saying allegations had surfaced against one of Dar’s close relatives, whom he described as his “alleged grandson”.
Vawda said the relative had been accused of bringing foreign women to Pakistan and committing “alleged rape, violence and extortion.” He further claimed that the arrest took place “apparently following the intervention of the relevant foreign embassy”.
The senator said the government was making “all efforts” to quell the alleged incident. He claimed there had been attempts to limit the case to extortion rather than rape and that preparations were being made to return the alleged foreign victims to their countries as soon as possible.
Vawda also alleged that the statement under Section 164 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, which he said “should have been revealed by now”, had not been made public.
Referring to previous medical reports, he added that favorable medical reports could also be obtained.
He said it was the “funeral of democracy” in which he said 500 people had conquered the country through “elite capture” in the name of democracy. He said that if these “democratic funerals” had been pillaging the country for years, “they are now also pillaging honor.”
Vawda further asserted that the future of Pakistan was in the hands of the descendants of this “democratic funeral”.
He said he had continued to denounce “democratic parties and democratic funerals” and questioned why no political party, whether in government, opposition or among coalition partners, had issued a statement condemning the alleged incident.
He also criticized “so-called women’s rights advocates” for their silence.
