Ministers hit out at Imran Khan for ‘persistent lies’

Marriyum Aurangzeb says Imran Khan was becoming popular for making provocative statements

ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Information Marriyum Aurangzeb on Friday said Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief Imran Khan was becoming popular for continuously telling lies and making provocative statements.

Commenting on the PTI’s rally in Islamabad, Marriyum Aurangzeb said, “Imran Khan, I congratulate you for addressing once again the empty chairs in pitch-dark night illuminated with floodlight to conceal empty seats.”

She said that Imran had been restricted or detained at the international airports as he was considered as ‘security risk’ for other countries. She urged Imran Khan to reveal the name of person who, according to his claim, offered him Rs 10 billion in return for keeping mum on the Panama issue.

“The PTI chief has not tired of telling lies before the court for the last four months. Today once again he is repeating the same lies before public,” she said. “But now people do not come to listen to your lies and cries.”



Meanwhile, Railways Minister Saad Rafique, reacting to the PTI rally, termed the speeches delivered by the party’s leaders a mixture of ‘nonsense and lies’. “Imran Khan is fooling people in the name of change,” he said.

“Imran’s gang has been driven to fanaticism in its pursuit of power,” Rafique said. He added that the PTI chief will be dragged into a court of law if he did not provide proof of the Rs10 billion he was reportedly offered.

“Imran, don’t boast of Rs10 billion. Show any agreement worth even Rs1 billion that the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government has signed with China,” he said. The minister claimed the K-P government was being run on just ‘claims and photographs’.

(WITH ADDITIONAL INPUT FROM NEWS DESK)