ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani Wednesday said that a section of media has been projecting baseless and wrong corruption cases against him and the present government only to defame him.
"All these stories are cooked only to defame me," the Prime Minister said in a television interview.
"I make a number of decisions daily but only three or four decisions are being projected in the media just to defame me," said the Prime Minister in the interview.
He said, "Out of these decisions some are good, some are bad, as we are part of the society."
Gilani said, "It is against the journalist ethics that old news is being publicized" adding that news means recent or fresh news.
The Prime Minister said media talked about Adnan Khawaja case. He said although the matter is subjudice but he wanted to explain it.
He said, "The media is giving popularity to Adnan Khawaja by projecting this case as I have not done any thing wrong in this case."
The Prime Minister said, "Whenever a job was given by me, I ordered for interview and when the interview of Adnan Khawaja was conducted every thing had been asked by the officials who interviewed him and then he was appointed after getting answers for all the questions."
He said, "Therefore, I cannot be held responsible for giving him the job."
The Prime Minister said meanwhile he (Adnan Khawaja) has already been working as Chief Executive for two or three years and it was just a transfer and posting, which was a routine matter.
He said, "There is need to look into his first appointment and get the details of his qualification when he was recruited for the first time."
Regarding Khurram Rasool, the Prime Minister said, he was a consultant for PTV and deputed for Northern Pakistan affairs and he was in a business since 2004 and it was before his becoming prime minister.
He said even judiciary had given its remarks that two parties are doing business and if one is wrong then the other will also be wrong.
Gilani said it is wrong perception in the media that media is complainant regarding case of Khurram Rasool, adding "I am the complainant against him and the media is wrongly projecting that I am responsible for any corruption done by Khurram Rasool, which is highest of stupidity."
The Prime Minister said then another scandal was against his son that he bought a jeep from Haj Scandal.
Gilani clarified, "My son brought the jeep in 2008 and the Haj scandal was in 2010, so he bought the jeep one year before the Haj Scandal."
He said when the complainant in the case, who is a PML-N MNA, was asked by court, he told that it was a hear-say.
The Prime Minister said, "The court ordered to register a case against that sitting MNA of PML-N who levelled false allegations against my son and a case has been registered agist him but we are being maligned."
He said the media should be very judicious and when the Chief Justice has given the remarks that do not defame who are respectable and registered a case who gave false statement, so media should be careful in reporting such cases.
About his son Ali Musa Gilani, who has been elected MNA, the Prime Minister said he had nothing to do with politics before this election on the seat, which was vacated due to resignation of Shah Mahmood Qureshi. Gilani said his son never used his influence as his son.
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