Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has become the face of the establishment and judiciary’s collective mistakes, Defence Minister Khawaja Asif said Monday.”Imran’s not intelligent, he’s a fool.
Since his ouster in April, the deposed prime minister has been targeting the institutions for allegedly helping the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) come into power — but the incumbent government had repeatedly denied the notion.
Slamming the PTI chief, Asif said that he invested the charity money he received from a cricket club into properties. “This person [Imran] has lived on others’ money.”
“He has been siphoning money from the people for a long time. He and his followers are pickpockets,” the senior minister said, noting that it was time that the “political elite” ensure that they are doing their job in the right manner.
‘Accept resignations’The defence minister also advised his party’s leadership to accept the resignations of PTI lawmakers and send them “on a wild goose chase”.
“Right now, at least 130-135 lawmakers have quit. But, all the PTI lawmakers are residing in Rs500 million residences and taking all the facilities from the government. They’re thieves,” he said.
He also suggested to the PTI leadership that if they want their members of parliament to resign, they should begin first begin with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Asif added that 2013, there were “some transactions” former prime minister Nawaz Sharif was asked to do a transaction in 2013, but he did not follow through.
“Had he followed through on it, there would be no Panama Leaks and no punishments,” he said, adding that Nawaz has always stood firm on his “stance” and never backed down.
‘Face of establishment, judiciary’s mistakes’, Asif on Imran
