ISLAMABAD, Nov 18 (DNA): After facing backlash from opposition, Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan on Sunday finally broke silence and responded on his U-turn statement.

PM took to popular micro-blogging website Twitter and said, “Doing a U-turn to reach one’s objective is the hallmark of great leadership just as lying to save ill-gotten wealth is the hallmark of crooks.”

Doing a U-turn to reach one’s objective is the hallmark of great leadership just as lying to save ill-gotten wealth is the hallmark of crooks.

Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday said that the leader who cannot take apt U-turn is foolishest.

While talking to media in Islamabad, PM said that former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif did not apt U-turn and lied in the court.

PM Khan said that Shehbaz Sharif does not qualify for the post of chairman Public Accounts Committee (PAC) because a person who is facing corruption charges cannot be appointed as chief of any team.

Shehbaz Sharif s appointment as PAC chairman would portray a negative image of Pakistan at international level.

PM Khan also advised the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to lay hand on big fish involved in corruption. DNA

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