Imran Khan is now a ‘declared foreign agent’: Marriyum

ISLAMABAD, Aug 11 (NNI): “Imran Khan looted the country for four years, submitted false affidavits for five years, received prohibited funding and did not disclose it to the election commission. But when he was caught after eight years, he started a campaign after the army helicopter tragedy to divert attention.”
These views were expressed by Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb while addressing a press conference in federal capital Thursday.
She said that Imran Khan was behind the social media trolling of those who were helping the flood victims. “Imran Khan cannot divert the attention of the nation from foreign funding which was used to weaken the country’s defense. Foreign agent Imran Khan submitted false affidavits with the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) for five years,” the minister said.
Castigating Imran Khan, she said that for four years, the country was ruled by an “incompetent” and “inefficient” Prime Minister, who plundered national resources ruthlessly and deprived the people of job opportunities by implementing bad and anti-poor policies.
She said the PTI had been declared foreign-aided party by the ECP for receiving funding from foreigners during a period of five years (2008 to 2013).
According to the ECP’s verdict, she said the PTI received prohibited funding from 351 foreign companies and 34 foreign nationals. “Imran Khan has also taken prohibited funding from companies in Pakistan which was undeclared,” she maintained.
She said as Imran Khan had disgraced the PTI, it was high time for the workers to ask him why he turned it into a foreign-aided party. She said the investigation of the funding received by the PTI from foreign nationals after 2013 was yet to be done.
However, the FIA was investigating the source and utilization of the funding received during the said period. The minister lashed out at Imran Khan for implementing a conspiracy to damage the country in exchange of the foreign funds.
As regards the PTI’s social media campaign against the state institutions, she said Imran Khan ran a “dirty drive” against the martyrs of helicopter crash through his trolls.
Marriyum said Imran Khan’s Chief of Staff read an “obnoxious transcript” on ARY News channel which was authored by Imran Khan himself. “Red lines were crossed in this transcript as they (PTI leadership) had planned to incite rebellion in the Armed Forces of Pakistan”, she said.