"Mud Slinging of PML (n)"

August 1^st 2012, PML (n) came out with accusations on Khan Sb and Shaukat Khanum Memorial Hospital. Charges like ill use of donated money by people around the world in the form of “Sadqa and Zakat”. Another charge was: A speculated real estate business off shore; a business in Masqat and Dubai which incurred huge losses (64 in all) as investments. At a press conference Khawaja Asif issued a fact sheet of SKMH, with serious allegations on Khan sb that he had transferred 4.5 billion rupees out of SKMH accounts, a money that was given to him by Pakistani’s for the hospital only and challenging him to prove all the above in court. Khawaja Asif accused Khan Sb of “Money Laundering” and that the donation money had been put in gambling where it had been lost! Another ludicrous charge was that people’s fitrana money had been misused in investing into separate businesses and for which he had ample proofs. That those businesses; were offshore and unnamed companies, whose front man was “Mr. Imtiaz Haideri” who had transferred the entire amount.

Rejecting the above allegations Khan Sb called up a press conference on Wednesday where he clearly indicated that Mian Nawaz Sharif was involved in money laundering and the charges on him put by PML (n) were groundless as not a penny had been misused from Shaukat Khanum Memorial Hospital. He further explained that the foreign donations are collected in a dollar account which is managed by the hospital’s endowment fund. “The endowment fund uses this money for investment and earn profit on it,” he declared. “The endowment fund has its own board which decides how to use the money, a board of which I’m not a member,” Khan Sb said, adding that the board decided to invest money in Dubai as property prices were rising back then.  He added, the money never went abroad from Pakistan as it was a part of the endowment fund and the company, where the hospital’s endowment fund invested, was owned by Imtiaz Haideri, who is also the chief executive.      

The power hungry league was resorting to mean tactics and could go to any length in achieving their goals. Declining the charges put by Khawaja Asif, Khan Sb said, “I am openly saying Nawaz Sharif is involved in money laundering, has dubious assets worth millions in foreign countries,” and challenged Khawaja Asif to go to court against him. He said, it was a move to hurt and damage the Trust Hospital which is an asset of this nation.

What’s notable is that the accounts of the Hospital are transparent and that their details are available on its official website. Khan Sb reiterated that such befouled allegations were put by the PML (n) against him in the past also which had damaged the cause and pace of SKMH earlier.

Every Pakistani should understand the following: Shaukat Khanum Memorial Hospital is made in Pakistan; hence it’s a property all of us own and should be proud of. This Trust hospital is curing patients who live in Pakistan, people who do not have enough means to travel abroad for treatments like Nawaz Sharif or Shahbaz Sharif do on the slightest cough! This institution treats people of all ages, races and religions, it does not discriminate who is under treatment by the world class team of doctors it has provided. Lastly, every large non-profit company does what SKMH has done, that is, they can create investment abroad rather than keeping it in the bank at zero percent return. Most notables who are doing similar are Agha Khan Hospital, Red Cross etc. Organizations that do not do that are being unfair to their donors.
 
Pakistani’s should also not forget the “Qarz Utaro Mulk Sanwaro Scheme” which was launched on 27^th February 1997 by Nawaz Sharif, in which resident and non-resident Pakistani’s were urged to send money using their foreign currency accounts towards retiring the country’s external debts. What happened to those? Where did they go? Where did those Millions of Dollars land?

One needs to understand the nervousness PML (n) faces at the hands of PTI’s popularity in the masses. Many a times the wounded league tried to do alliance with PTI especially after the Lahore Rally of October 2011. Khan Sb gave no heed to those calls so such tactics which the PML (n) resorted to in 1997 are back in swing. The time sought by PML (n) for mudslinging in the month of Ramazan is quite noteworthy. This is the time of the year when maximum Zakat, Fitrana and Sadqa’s are given by Pakistani’s for poor patients. To shine political gains in Ramazan through maligning the organization and Khan Sb’s charity works seems quite a contaminated attempt! PML (n) should realize; this is not 1997, such below the belt moves will only further weaken Nawaz Sharif, for this shows clearly that he is not fair in his actions and words such messy political jibes are surely taking him to the end of his Era.                

One also fails to understand that while all these allegations were put on the SKMH and Khan Sb was replying all, where was the “NEW” top leadership of PTI? There was a press conference by Chaudary Nisar of PML (n) why wasn’t a similar Press Conference called by PTI’s new top brand? Where were they? Even on the Television talk shows the old members of PTI came forward and replied to all the queries put on them. Where are those stalwarts when the party needs them? Are they only good for getting themselves photographed?  For occasions like such do Khan Sb and the old team need to come forward and reply or give rebuttals only?

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