ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif while reacting to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan’s address at a seminar here said Imran Niazi was confusing people by distorting facts, playing mind games and insulting intelligence of people through deceitful speech.

In a tweet on social media platform Twitter, he said, “This is what self-righteousness does to you, you consider yourself holy and above reproach despite flawed conduct in office. You confuse people by distorting facts. You play mind games and insult their intelligence through deceitful ways. Niazi’s speech today was nothing but this.

Meanwhile Earlier, Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb in a press conference said the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) should arrest Imran Khan like the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leaders who were apprehended based on mere accusations. “If the FIA can arrest Shehbaz Sharif, Maryam Nawaz, Suleman Shehbaz, Hamza Shehbaz, Ahsan Iqbal, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, Miftah Ismail and others based on allegations, then why Imran Khan, who used the prohibited funding against the national interest, should be let scot-free,” she said while addressing a news conference.

 Marriyum said a person (Imran Khan), who refused to appear before the FIA in connection with the prohibited funding, should be in jail. She also asked all those, who had opened fake accounts for receiving the prohibited funding, to appear before the FIA, otherwise, they should be ready for strict action.

The prohibited funding case, she said, would be taken to its logical end and its all details would be made public so that the people should know how Imran Khan had misled them through “lies and deception”.

“The probe in the PTI’s prohibited funding is underway and the FIA has unearthed a big account, whose details will be shared with the public tomorrow,” she remarked. The minister said the Election Commission of Pakistan had declared the PTI a foreign-aided party as it used some 351 accounts for receiving the prohibited funding. She alleged that Imran Khan also used the funds, collected from abroad in the name of Shaukat Khanam Hospital and flood victims, for creating chaos and anarchy in the country.

Published in The Daily National Courier, August, 19 2022

Like Business on Facebook, follow @DailyNCourier on Twitter to stay informed and join in the conversation.