Rana Sanaullah asks establishment to field Imran in cricket, not politics

Sanaullah accused Khan of working for the promotion of US interests alongside the establishment.

LAHORE: Provincial Law Minister and senior Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Rana Sanaullah said on Monday that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Imran Khan was an agent of the establishment. He advised the establishment to support the PTI chief for heading the Pakistan cricket board instead of fielding him in politics, assuring that such a move would be supported by the PML-N.

Sanaullah was talking to the media in Faisalabad about the success of his party's public rally that was held on Sunday. He said the participation of general masses in the PML-N rally was more than expected.

He referred to the alleged meeting of Khan and Director General (DG) Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) Ahmed Shuja Pasha with an American diplomat, calling Khan an agent of the establishment.

Sanaullah also accused Khan of working for the promotion of US interests.

Talking about the rally, he further said that the nation had foiled the establishment's attempt to divide PML-N's mandate.

He termed the rally as a referendum against the government and demanded the President and Prime Minister to resign.

Earlier a spokesman of the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) issued a strong denial on Monday of a British newspaper The Sunday Times news report which alleged that the PTI leader Imran Khan met US Ambassador Cameron Munter in the presence of DG ISI General Ahmed Shuja Pasha.

(Read: ISPR denies report of Imran-Munter-Pasha meeting)