‘Ishaq Dar ki kaampein taangny lagi’: Imran Khan taunts the new senator

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan took a jibe at former Finance Minister Ishaq Dar who came back to Pakistan on Monday, took oath as Senator on Tuesday and is set to take over the ministry of finance on Wednesday.

The PML-N leader has come back to Pakistan after living for five years in self-imposed exile in the United Kingdom (UK).

While speaking at the Ulema and Mashaikh Convention in Peshawar, Khan said, “In 2017, National Accountability Bureau (NAB) asked Dar that how has he become a billionaire as his father was a hardworking man and used to sell bicycles.”

“At the time, Ishaq Dar Ishaq Dar ki kaampein taangny lagi (Shivers are legs) and he flew out of the country on Prime Minister’s jet”, Khan said.

اسحاق ڈار سے جب نیب نے پوچھا کہ آپ کے والد کی سائیکلوں کی دکان تھی آپ کے اربوں کے اثاثے کیسے بن گئے تو اسکی کانپیں ٹانگ گئیں اور وہ ملک سے بھاگ گیا اور آج ڈیل کر کے واپس آ گیا ہے۔ عمران خان pic.twitter.com/Y4QbOOGcTa

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During the address, Khan claimed that Dar is back so that corruption cases get resolved. He alleged that Dar had made a deal under National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) before returning to Pakistan.

“It is unfortunate that the justice system could not stop Ishaq Dar,” he added. “A fugitive, after stealing billions of rupees, was roaming freely abroad and was taking decisions for Pakistan.”

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Ishaq Dar on Tuesday, September 27, took oath as a senator.

Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjarani administered the oath amid ruckus created by the opposition.

Dar touched down in Pakistan with PM Shehbaz Sharif on the night of September 26. He will be sworn in as the federal finance minister tomorrow (September 28) at 10am.