ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb on Friday dared former prime minister Imran Khan to name the agencies and their officials, who he claimed were involved in politics and had given him the guarantee that the incumbent chief election commissioner would toe his line.

“Either point out the persons and agencies that have given you (Imran) briefing about the corruption of PML-N and PPP or stop this drama once and for all if you lack the courage,” the minister said while addressing a news conference in Islamabad.

The minister said that Imran Khan, while addressing a seminar the other day, had claimed that he was briefed about the opposition leaders’ corruption by the “agencies” and the incumbent chief election commissioner (CEC) was appointed by him on their guarantee. “Which guarantee was given to him (Imran) for the CEC? Which agency had given him the guarantee? And why does he need the guarantee at all?” she questioned.

The minister asked whether the former PM wanted the assurance that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) would not be declared a foreign-aided party and he himself as a “foreign agent” under that guarantee. She said that Imran Khan had made a claim that he received reports from the “agencies” about the leadership of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP).

Whether he himself had sought the reports from the agencies, she wondered, advising the PTI chairman to better stop churning out ‘lies’.

Published in The Daily National Courier, August, 20 2022

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