Islamabad: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said government was busy rehabilitating flood victims and did not have time for PTI Chairman Imran Khan’s “accusations and misunderstandings”.

A day ago, PTI Chief had asked Prime Minister on Twitter if he was responsible for a string of recent alleged actions against PTI, including silencing it on media, registering cases against pro-PTI journalists, “blacking it out” on social media or stopping telecast of party’s flood donation telethon. Replying directly to Imran, PM Shehbaz said, “Our government is currently busy with rehabilitation of flood victims, so there is no time for your accusations and misunderstandings.”

He expressed hope that PTI Chief would give an account of “every single penny” raised in telethon as well as donations gathered during 2010 floods as “I and my colleagues have always given”. Regarding Imran’s allegations of suppressive actions, Shehbaz said such methods and restrictions were “PTI’s tactics and not ours”. “We are only following path of law and Constitution,” he added.

A day ago, PTI had slammed government for allegedly blocking transmission of telethon that party had arranged for collecting donations from overseas Pakistanis and announced its decision to challenge government’s move before Islamabad High Court.

Published in The Daily National Courier, September, 14 2022

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