PM Shehbaz, Asif Zardari lambast Imran Khan for ‘maligning institutions’

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister (PM) Shehbaz Sharif and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari has lambasted Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan for ‘maligning and threatening’ Pakistan Army, ARY News reported on Sunday.

Taking to Twitter, PM Shehbaz said that Imran Khan’s act of ‘routinely maligning and threatening Pakistan Army and Intelligence Agency’ for the sake of petty political gains was highly condemnable.

Imran Niazi’s act of routinely maligning and threatening Pakistan Army and Intelligence Agency for the sake of petty political gains is highly condemnable. His leveling of allegations without any proof against Gen Faisal Naseer and officers of our Intelligence Agnecy cannot be…

— Shehbaz Sharif (@CMShehbaz) May 7, 2023

“Imran’s leveling of allegations without any proof against Gen Faisal Naseer and officers of our Intelligence Agency cannot be allowed and will not be tolerated,” he noted.

Meanwhile, Asif Ali Zardari – in a separate statement – a politician has crossed all limits of ‘defaming institutions’, adding that such actions will not be tolerated. “After the recent statement, no Pakistani can even think of following the foreign agent,” he added.

The former president said that they will not allow anyone to ‘destroy our country’, adding that allegations against ‘Pakistan Army officers were tantamount to launching attack on entire institutions’.

Earlier in the day, former prime minister and PTI Chairman Imran Khan castigated the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) government for ‘not implementing Supreme Court’s (SC) verdict’.

PTI chairman Imran Khan said that yesterday people came out in solidarity with the Supreme Court and Chief Justice of Pakistan from 4200 different places. He said that the constitution of Pakistan defines the role of every institution.

The former prime minister maintained that the constitution of Pakistan stipulates that elections should be held within 90 days of dissolution of assembly, adding that all the 15 judges agree that elections should be held in 90 days.