“Maryam Nawaz Sharif Should Be Certain That the Plane Matter Is Not Going to Stop” — Imran Shafqat
Lahore (Qudrat Daily): Journalist Imran Shafqat has said that according to the government’s Rules of Business, a Chief Minister cannot personally use official resources. Speaking on a program on Hum News, he stated that Maryam Nawaz Sharif should be certain that the plane matter is not going to stop. He said, “I have taken out and examined the Punjab government’s Rules of Business — a Chief Minister cannot use official resources for personal or private purposes; she has no authority to use official resources.”
He added that it is not yet even known from which account the money was deposited, because if her annual assets are examined, according to election papers, Maryam Nawaz Sharif’s annual income was Rs 3.6 million.
He said there are many questions that she will have to answer.
Similarly, political leader and former minister Asad Umar, in his reaction on X, said that Maryam Bibi proudly stated that she spent nearly Rs 30 million (2.75 crore) on taking the plane to London. He said, “Bibi, according to a government report, one crore more people in your province have fallen below the poverty line. Do you not fear Allah, spending so extravagantly and then proudly boasting about it, when the people of your province are facing such severe hardships?”
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مریم نواز شریف کو یقین کر لینا چاہئے کہ جہاز کا معاملہ رُکنے والا نہیں ہے۔۔ میں نے پنجاب کے رولز آف بزنس نکال کر پڑھے ہیں وزیراعلی سرکاری وسائل کا استعمال ذاتی طور پر نہیں کر سکتیں، ابھی یہ بھی نہیں معلوم کہ پیمنٹ کس اکاؤنٹ سے کی گئی ہے کیونکہ انتخابی… pic.twitter.com/qe4WIeG0EZ— Asma Shirazi (@asmashirazi) September 17, 2026
Similarly, senior journalist Hamid Mir, speaking on his program on Geo News, said that today the Chief Minister of Punjab’s speech at an event had a very bitter tone. He said that people are deeply distressed over why the Chief Minister went to London on her own plane, and she also leveled allegations against her critics.
However, it is respectfully submitted that there is considerable contradiction in her position, so the Punjab Chief Minister should herself reflect on the contradictions in her statements. A few days ago, she had stated in London that she was on vacation; today, to justify the personal use of her official plane, she said that a Chief Minister is never on vacation. The statements of her fellow ministers also do not match. One female minister had said that this plane was purchased for Air Punjab — “we have to build a flat; for Air Punjab we will have to buy planes or take them on lease.”
On the other hand, Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif showed the receipt for the plane’s fare payment at a public gathering. Addressing the inauguration ceremony of the electric bus in Multan, Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif said that she paid Rs 2.75 crore for using the plane to attend her daughter’s graduation ceremony, and that she paid for the plane’s fuel, parking, and other dues from her own pocket.
