- Minister lambasts PTI for prioritising private and political pursuits.
- Asif accuses social gathering of exploiting abroad platforms towards Pakistan.
- He additionally requires abolishment of twin citizenship privileges.
Defence Minister Khawaja Asif on Friday sharply criticised the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), accusing the social gathering of searching for a military chief who would safe its political dominance.
“A military chief who protects PTI’s rule turns into its ‘father (grasp),’ however when a military chief safeguards Pakistan’s pursuits and embodies patriotism, PTI levels protests towards him in the USA,” mentioned Asif, a senior chief of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N).
The federal minister lambasted PTI for prioritising private and political pursuits over nationwide integrity.
He accused the social gathering of exploiting abroad platforms, together with makes an attempt to strain establishments just like the Worldwide Financial Fund (IMF) towards Pakistan.
“These people stay silent on [Middle East crisis] however actively work towards Pakistan’s pursuits overseas,” he mentioned, including that these undermining nationwide pursuits ought to face penalties.
Asif additionally referred to as for the abolishment of twin citizenship privileges, noting that many nations had already finished so. He urged Pakistanis overseas to behave responsibly and never jeopardise the nation’s welfare.
Criticising PTI’s political ways, he remarked: “If they’re so longing for politics, they need to return to Pakistan and perceive the struggles of on a regular basis life as a substitute of waging social media wars.”
The minister accused PTI of “hypocrisy” in its dealings with the institution, saying that the social gathering’s leaders are prepared to undergo Military Chief Basic Asim Munir for negotiations however resort to hostile actions when issues don’t go their approach.
“Their willingness to bow at some point and incite Could 9-like chaos the following displays their acceptance of overseas domination,” he concluded.
The PML-N led authorities and arch-rivals have been at loggerheads over the latter’s function within the violent Could 9 protest towards social gathering founder Imran Khan’s arrest and long-held demand of his launch as the previous prime minister stays incarcerated at Adiala jail.
The latest try and get the cricketer-turned- politician freed was the PTI’s march on Islamabad on November 24, which noticed not less than 4 days of dysfunction within the federal capital and Punjab as authorities sealed off key factors to carry again the protesters.