Islamabad (Web Desk/Agencies): Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday said that UK newspaper Daily Mail's unconditional apology is a success of Pakistanis especially those poor children and mothers who were benefiting from the aid money that was targeted.
Addressing a news conference in Islamabad on Monday, he said it was such a heartless campaign initiated by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) that they didn't bother to think about dignity of the country in their malice of defaming the Sharif family.
The prime minister said this malicious campaign also damaged Pakistan as mistrust was created regarding any funding to our country.
He said Daily Mail's article mentioned that money amounting to 600 million pounds by DFID to Punjab during 2008 to 2018 was laundered by Shehbaz Sharif and his children.
PM Shehbaz said contrary to that, the money was used transparently, and after I sent legal notice to the paper, it lingered litigation for three years but finally this episode ended up in an unconditional apology.
The premier said PTI's four years tenure was a period of political victimization.
He said PML-N led coalition has kept national interest above political interest and saved the country from default.
The prime minister said we tried to give subsidy to poor people and 1800 billion rupee Kissan Package is an example of that.
He added that the government is strenuously working to rehabilitate the flood affected people which is a big challenge.
PM Shehbaz rejected any threats of country's default.