ISLAMABAD: Defence Minister and Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) central chief Khawaja Asif has categorically rejected the rumours concerning the federal government’s plan to arrest Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan, ARY News reported on Wednesday.
While speaking to a personal information channel, Khawaja Asif clarified the rumoured plan of the federal authorities to arrest the PTI chief and former premier Imran Khan. He criticised Khan is making an attempt to pressurise the judiciary and the nationwide establishments by means of his strikes.
Asif alleged Khan got here out of anonymity and reached the prime ministership and now he’s maligning the one who helped him to rule the nation.
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The defence minister stated that the regulation is identical for the PTI and the federal government however Imran Khan began crying foul after dealing with authorized actions in opposition to him. Asif stated that PML-N is just not concerned in arresting any political chief.
Asif stated that Azam Swati and Shahbaz Gill had secured bail from the courts inside three to 4 days and the federal government is not going to complain if the courtroom points a launch order for Fawad Chaudhry. He added that PML-N has all the time adopted authorized strikes.
To a query, Asif replied that the international funding case was not filed by the PML-N and its proceedings have been continued for seven years.
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Earlier, Federal Minister for Information Marriyum Aurangzeb stated that the arrest of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Fawad Chaudhry was not politically motivated as he was arrested for “threatening” Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) officers for “just doing their duty”.
Addressing a press convention, the minister stated that if the coalition authorities led by her get together, the PML-N, have been to take political revenge, “all PTI leaders would have been in jail by now” however the ruling coalition has no such want.
Marriyum Aurangzeb stated that PTI management has attacked each state establishment since their ouster within the middle however the PDM-coalition has tolerated it and continues to be not taking any kind of political revenge, including that this case in opposition to Fawad Chaudhry was registered by an ECP official Omar Hameed not the federal government.