Imran playing dirty politics over dead bodies: Marriyum

LAHORE:

Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb on Sunday said after the failure of deploying all ‘political gimmicks’, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan was now “playing dirty politics over the dead bodies of poor people” for petty political gains.

Addressing a press conference in Lahore, she castigated the PTI chief, asking how many more lives he would use for gaining political mileage.

The minister said that “Imran Niazi is hellbent on creating anarchy and lawlessness in the county”. She leveled allegations against the PTI chief saying Imran concocted the story of ‘cipher’ and ‘foreign interference’ without thinking that this would damage Pakistan’s foreign relations.

Marriyum said “Imran Niazi is now tendering apologies to the United States and giving clarifications over his self-constructed cipher conspiracy”.

The minister alleged that “Imran Khan handed over the country to the IMF and played with the country’s economy”.

Marriyam Aurangzeb said during the PTI tenure, the practice of horse-trading during the Senate elections was rampant and at the time of no trust vote, an audio leak of Imran surfaced about the purchasing loyalties of legislators -- exposing his so-called democratic credentials.

“When Imran’s narrative of foreign conspiracy and the imported regime fell flat, he started his long march during which the firing incident occurred and he started the politics of dead bodies, she said.

The minister alleged that during the PTI’s rule, journalists were arrested, kidnapped and their ribs were broken, earning Imran the name of “predator of journalists” at the international level.

The minister said that on Imran’s directions, provincial ministers of K-P and Punjab were asked to write letters to sabotage the deal with the IMF. The minister also castigated the PTI chief for plunging the nation into the abyss of inflation and “suspending” the IMF program that he himself had signed and played with the interest of the country.

She said that the PTI leadership had used the “mentally challenged person Zille Shah” for its political agenda.

She also accused that PTI leader Raja Shakeel’s double cabin vehicle was used for shifting the said deceased body to the hospital, but they escaped from the hospital.

The minister said that a black double cabin of the PTI leader was traced by 31 safe city cameras in Lahore.

She said that Raja Shakeel was hiding in Zaman Park and Imran summoned the father of Zille Shah at his residence and “offered him money” to accuse the police, but he said it was an accident.

She held that Dr Yasmeen Rashid knew every detail about Zille Shah’s unfortunate death but she did not inform the police who had now traced everything from the CCTV cameras.

She said that Imran got the “political advantage from the death of PTI worker Zille Shah”.

She said someone, who submitted the reply before the courts that he was sick and could not personally appear, was today ready to lead the political rally.

She said that Section 144 was imposed for that person who was absconding from the courts on the pretext of health issues but was ready to lead the agitation.

The minister added that if such persons were given an exemption then all accused would start behaving like Imran.