SIALKOT: Defence Minister Khawaja Asif warned Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan may be arrested for ‘Violating law and causing unrest in country’.  Talking to journalists here, he lambasted PTI Chief for accusing PPP co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari of an assassination plot, saying that such statements can bend politics towards violence and can cause bloodshed in country.

Khawaja Asif said that such allegations can create life-threatening situations for Pakistan Peoples’ Party leadership, warning that Imran Khan will be held responsible if any tragedy occurs in country. In response to question regarding PTI Chairman Imran Khan’s arrest, he said if PDM leaders can be arrested in ‘bogus cases’, then how Imran Khan can get away with ‘proven charges’ of Toshakhana and foreign funding? He criticised PTI chief’s ‘failed strategies’, saying that Imran Khan first accused foreign powers of ousting him, but now he held Mohsin Naqvi accountable for ouster. PPP and PML-N leaders were thrown into jail in Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s government, opposing ‘political victimisation’ of political opponents.

Published in The Daily National Courier, January, 30 2023

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