Earlier in the day, the premier had called out Iqbal and his party's previous government for causing the country's debt crisis.
Without naming the former interior minister, PM Imran said: "How can such [opposition] leaders stand in the National Assembly and lie to the public just to defend their government's tenure."
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Iqbal spoke out on Twitter, saying that the prime minister had "stooped down to a new low in politics".
He tweeted: “This is a new low in our politics with PM Imran Khan resorting to personal attacks and name calling against me in a meeting of diplomats and businessmen.”
Iqbal castigated the premier saying that "no wonder his ministers try to copy him in slander and lies".
This is a new low in our politics with #PM #IK resorting to personal attacks & name calling against me in a mtg of diplomats & businessmen, in response to my facts based speech in National Assembly. No wonder his ministers try to copy him in slander & lies. https://t.co/QPuitstUNW
— Ahsan Iqbal (@betterpakistan) March 7, 2019
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