Khawaja Asif, Maryam declare PTI as terrorist party
Pakistan
Maryam urged state to treat PTI like it deals with terrorists
LAHORE (Dunya News) - Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz said that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf was a terrorist party as it attacks the country every time.
Talking to the media, the Punjab Chief Minister said that PTI was never a political party.
CM Maryam Nawaz also labeled PTI as a "terrorist group,".
In a statement to the media, the CM declared that what she had long been warning about is now clear. The PTI has never been and can never be a political party, the CM stressed.
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Maryam urged the state to treat PTI the same way it deals with terrorists. She warned that any delay in doing so could have alarming results. "Their sole objective under the guise of a political party is to set the country on fire and so they do not deserve any leniency," she asserted.
She also accused PTI of engaging militants trained on the front lines to attack both the police and state institutions.
Referring to a recent incident in Lahore, the Punjab CM disclosed that a police constable named Bilal was seriously injured by stone pelting from PTI-affiliated lawyers.
"Can any political party behave in this manner, she commented.
DEFENCE MINISTER KHAWAJA ASIF
Meanwhile, Defence Minister Khawaja Asif labelled the PTI as an ‘armed group’ who is hell-bent on creating chaos in the capital just ahead of SCO summt.
Addressing the media in Sialkot, the minister said It was for this reason the government could not hold dialogue with the PTI.
He said the PTI under the leadership of Imran Khan was repeated the same old script of 2014 when it organized sit-in on the arrival of the Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Now, it was making efforts to stall the arrangements of the upcoming session of SCO.
He alleged the armed groups of Fitna al Khawarj was also coming with the PTI and for this very purpose, Afghanistan’s help had also been sought as there were many Aghanis in the party’s protests.
He said the government even asked the PTI to hold its protest after the SCO session but the party’s purpose was to create hurdle in SCO meeting.
Asif said the people have seen the real face of PTI founder Imran Khan while adding the Indian foreign minister was also invited in the PTI protest.
“This is the only political party in the country which has created doubt on its patriotism by the way it has been behaving continuously,” he said.
The CM of one province is launching direct attacks on another province and for this sinister purpose, government resources are being uses,” Asif lamented.
