- Asif says Gandapur gave “theatrical performances” at the behest of Imran Khan.
- PTI expects the PTI founder to be released by setting a trap,” PTI adds.
- KP CM mobilizes PTI workers for Swabi March protest movement.
Reacting to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister’s speeches to mobilize political workers for a nationwide anti-government movement, Defense Minister Khawaja Asif on Saturday hit back, saying jailed PTI founder Imran Khan is “pinning hopes on the ‘infiltrated’ Ali Amin Ghandapur” to get out of the country. prison.
talk on Geographic News On Naya Pakistan, Asif was quizzed on potential threats to the coalition government after the former ruling party geared up for a nationwide protest movement for “independence of the judiciary” and intensified pressure on the authorities to release the PTI founder.
“This government will complete its term,” a senior leader of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) said, rejecting any threat to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s administration from the PTI’s call for protest.
He added that the political and economic situation in the country is returning to normal.
The statement came after the controversial Prime Minister addressed a PTI power parade in Swabi earlier today, vowing to secure the release of the PTI founder at any cost.
The Defense Czar criticized Gandapur’s “threatening” tone towards the Centre, and said that the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chief executive had “exposed himself to danger” and carried out “theatrics” at the behest of his party’s founder.
He added, “The head of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Party attacked Islamabad twice, and each time he hid.”
He was of the opinion that the PTI leadership seemed to expect the party founder to be released by “setting a trap”.
It is pertinent to mention here that Khan, former prime minister and founder of the PTI movement, was arrested from his residence in Zaman Park in Lahore soon after his conviction in the Toshakhana case in August last year, and since then he has been behind bars in multiple cases.
Currently, he is incarcerated in top-tier (Category B) high-security facilities due to his status as a former prime minister in Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi. Earlier, he was detained in Attock prison.
He is facing several cases, including the £190 million case and the new Toshakhana case.
Last week, the KP said they would announce a “final call” to get rid of the “Model 47” government, and claimed that his party had drawn up a concrete plan to topple the current rulers along with announcing a series of demonstrations.
Before the Gandapur announcement, PTI Secretary General Salman Akram Raja revealed a plan to launch a nationwide protest movement against the 26th Constitutional Amendment focusing on judicial reforms, calling it “an attack on the Constitution of Pakistan and the judiciary.”
Last month, the embattled opposition party announced a protest at the Di Chowk protest on October 15, but its political committee postponed it due to the two-day Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Islamabad.