ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb says Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan is “uttering blatant lies” .
“Government has nothing to do with his arrest, nor his arrest has anything to do with the delay in elections as Imran is projecting in the foreign and domestic media,” she told a news outlet.
The minister said Imran Khan was continuously breaking the law instead of cooperating with police which was only implementing court orders. She said corruption cases were registered against Khan and he had to be arrested and brought to court to face the charges.
The minister said the PTI workers were continuously attacking police personnel with petrol bombs. Rubbishing allegations of police highhandedness, Marriyum Aurangzeb said police deployed outside Zaman Park did not carry any weapons.
On the contrary, she said 65 police personnel including the DIG Operations of Islamabad had been injured as a result of PTI workers’ attacks. She said Imran Khan’s arrest warrants were issued by the court and unarmed police were present at Zaman Park to arrest him. She said Imran Khan should act responsibly.
She said when the court summoned Imran Khan, he made an excuse for security threats but at the same time, he was ready to hold political rallies which was a clear manifestation of his duplicity.
“Imran Khan wants a civil war, chaos and anarchy in Pakistan as he is inciting people to violence,” Ms Aurangzeb maintained. The minister said Mr Khan had no right to use his popularity to fuel civil war, violence and anarchy in the country.
“When police come to arrest Imran Khan, he makes women and children a shield to protect him,” she said.
Holding Imran responsible for the current economic situation of Pakistan, Marriyum Aurangzeb said that the former
prime minister brought the country to the brink of default.
