PM, PML-N leadership pitch into Imran Khan as PTI’s foreign funding proved

ISLAMABAD, Aug 02 (NNI): Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leaders including federal ministers on Tuesday unequivocally hailed the verdict of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on foreign funding received by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).
The PML-N top leadership said that the case had exposed the party and its chairman Imran Khan who accused others of implementing foreign agenda in the country.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif labeled the former premier a ‘certified liar’ and asked the nation to ponder over the implications of his politics funded by foreigners.
PM Shehbaz shared his thoughts via a tweet on the microblogging website Twitter a few hours after the ECP announced its verdict in the foreign funding case against PTI.
“The ECP verdict on PTI foreign funding case chargesheets Imran Niazi for violating the Constitution, submitting false affidavits, and accepting foreign money,” the prime minister said in his tweet.
“Proven yet again that he is a certified liar,” he added and urged the nation to ponder over the implications of Imran Khan’s politics funded by foreigners.
Besides the premier, other PML-N central leaders and federal ministers held press conferences on the trot, denouncing PTI Chairman and ex-premier Imran Khan.
Addressing a press conference at Press Information Department (PID) in Islamabad, Defence Minister Khawaja Asif said that the ECP’s verdict would prove to be a milestone in the political history of Pakistan. “We want the law to be equal for everyone,” he added.
The minister said that PTI received funding from individuals in the US, India, Israel, Canada, and other countries. He claimed that PML-N Supremo Nawaz Sharif was declared ineligible for not withdrawing salary from his son’s company.
Asif said Imran Khan’s hands were always in the pockets of people and went on to say that PTI received funds from fake accounts. He reiterated that former prime minister Imran Khan submitted fake ‘affidavits’ with the top electoral body. He recalled that Sultan Sikandar Raja was nominated as the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) by Imran Khan and none other.
On the occasion, PML-N leader Ayaz Sadiq said that Imran Khan was caught red-handed stealing from the grain as his hand was stuck in it. He asked Imran Khan to sue Financial Times otherwise it would endorse that the allegations leveled in the news report were true.