Imran defeated fascist forces with people's support: Firdous Awan.

ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan on Thursday said Prime Minister Imran Khan came to power by defeating the fascist forces with the support of people and his government was taking all possible steps for the protection of rights of common men.

Addressing the convention of Akhbar Farosh Federation here, she said the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government was committed to ensure rights of the workers.

Prime Minister Imran Khan, she said, was a genuine leader, who had taken difficult decisions for the betterment of the nation, whereas former rulers proved to be ordinary politicians who preferred expediencies over the national interest.

She said under the Prime Minister's Ehsas programme, Rs 3 billion would be released for disbursement among the poor people irrespective of their political affiliations.

Dr Firdous said Pakistan had now changed. In the Naya Pakistan, rule of law would be ensured and no one would be above the law. She said Imran Khan was different from the conventional politicians as he was against the exploitation of the poor. The former rulers had signed a charter of corruption under which they protected each other's corruption and plunder during their stay in power, she added. The special assistant said Imran Khan did not have any personal property or business dispute with anybody but he had challenged those who had strengthened themselves by concentration power in their hands and weakening institutions and sending their children abroad. She said the former rulers held fake bank accounts, laundered money made with corruption and kickbacks, and usurped the money that belonged to the poor. Imran was the hope for the working class as he challenged the status quo and those elements who had weakened the rule of law in the country, she added.

Imran Khan was determined to not let anybody indulge in corruption, she said, adding the government had started action against those having undeclared assets made with the wealth which was rightfully owned by the workers and labourers.

The undeclared assets were being attached under the law and many of the undeclared properties belonged to the leadership of People's Party...