Imran 'super corrupt': Marriyum

Says political victimisation of Nawaz and PM Shehbaz by the PTI chief has damaged the county

ISLAMABAD:

Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb on Wednesday said that if General (retd) Qamar Javed Bajwa was a "super king", then Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan was a "super corrupt" person who filed “false cases” through threats and pressure tactics against the then-opposition leaders in front of "selected judges".

While addressing a press conference she said, it was strange that Imran, who was ready to extend indefinite extension to Bajwa, was now issuing statements against him.

شہباز شریف صاحب کو 5 اکتوبر 2018ءکو صاف پانی کے کیس میں بلایا جاتا ہے اور آشیانہ کیس میں گرفتار کرلیا جاتا ہے۔ اس وقت حکم آتا ہے کہ شہباز شریف اب نیب کے دفتر سے نہیں جا سکتے، انہیں اسی جگہ پر گرفتار کرلیا جائے۔۔۔۔
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She said it was Imran who used to say that there was no military leader like the former chief of army staff (COAS) in the history of Pakistan as he was helping him in the economy and foreign policy matters.

"Imran Khan has now admitted that there was no US conspiracy, now he claims General (retd) Bajwa had plotted against him," the minister added.

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Marriyum also questioned why the PTI chief had offered a lifetime extension to the COAS when he came to know that he was hatching a conspiracy against his government.

She furthered that not a single piece of evidence has been presented against Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in any court inside and outside the country to prove the allegation of corruption.

The information minister said that the leadership of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), including Nawaz Sharif and Shehbaz Sharif, become victorious and Imran gets "exposed every day".

The federal minister also said that the political victimization of Nawaz and PM Shehbaz by the PTI chief has damaged the county.

The minister asked the Supreme Court of Pakistan (SC) to "summon Imran in the fake narrative of cypher and foreign conspiracy against his government as this was a national and public interest issue at present".

She added that during the PTI chief’s tenure, baseless cases were filed against PM Shehbaz, adding that Shahzad Akbar the head of the Asset Recovery Unit, and his team were hired for filing false cases.

Marriyum furthered Lahore Development Authority (LD) Chief Engineer Israr Saeed had submitted an affidavit in the court revealing the agenda of fake cases against PM Shehbaz by then PTI government.

She added that in the affidavit, he said he was “made a witness against the prime minister through pressure and threats”.

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The federal minister also said the PML-N leadership faced cases against them and attended the court proceedings on a day-to-day basis, but now Imran was making “lame excuses to avoid the courts”.

“Imran Khan should be arrested in Billion Tree Tsunami case, Toshakhana case," she said, adding that the PTI chief had been seeking an exemption from personal appearance in the name of the plaster he was wearing on his leg.

She said that it was unfortunate the PTI chief's government had “arrested the daughters and sisters of opponents without any evidence, and now he (Imran Khan) claims that the government was committing political victimization against him”.

Talking about the implementation of one after another condition of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the minister said the Imran Khan-led regime had signed the agreement with the global lender on tough conditions and then itself violated its provisions as the incumbent government had no option but to renegotiate for the revival of the economy.