According to the Constitution of Pakistan, the army has no right to do business; it is running 140 businesses, there is no tax on them, and criminalization and militarization are going on in the country. Aimal Wali.

Staff Reporter, Daily Dawn, Dawn TV Report

Peshawar: Awami National Party (ANP) chief Aimal Wali Khan has said that Pakistan Steel Mills and Railways are ruined institutions, and privatization should be transparent; non-transparent privatization is not acceptable.

Addressing the anniversary ceremony of Ghulam Ahmed Bilour, Aimal Wali Khan said that criminalization and militarization are being done in the country in the name of corruption. The state of Pakistan should review and make the privatization process transparent, and government institutions should do the work for which they were created.

Senator Aimal Wali Khan said that privatization can be a solution to some problems, but the government’s job is governance, not employment and trade. According to the Constitution of Pakistan, the army has no right to do business, build roads, cement factories, colonies and commercial complexes.

He said that the army is already running about 140 businesses, and most of them are not paying any tax. Bacha Khan and our greats had rightly said 70 years ago that this country is not for the army, but the army is for the country.

Aimal Wali said that Bashir Ahmed Bilour Shaheed, Haroon Bilour Shaheed, and all the martyrs who sacrificed for peace are the capital of our struggle. The Bilour family is the past, present, and future of the Awami National Party.

He said that a game of billions of rupees was played at the state level for fifty years in the name of Afghan refugees. First, they were called Mujahideen, then Taliban, and now they are being expelled with humiliation. This method is completely wrong.

Aimal Wali said that the blame for every incident in Pakistan is put on Afghanistan. The question is, where is the 80 percent direct and 180 percent indirect budget in the name of defense going?

He said that for the Pashtuns, Imran Khan and Nawaz Sharif are the same; the Awami National Party is not a party that was formed in a drawing room.

Aimal Wali further said that the Awami National Party is the only guarantor of the development, peace, education, employment, and rights of the Pashtuns; the people should support it.