Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari and PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz Monday condemned PTI Chief Imran Khan’s “defamatory” statement regarding the Pakistan Army.
“Imran Khan has proved time and again to be an unguided missile for the country, its economy, politics and social cohesion,” Bilawal said, urging the PTI chairman to desist from questioning the patriotism of the defence institution and its commanders.
In a public rally in Faisalabad, the PTI chairman had criticised the government, saying that it was delaying the elections to appoint an army chief of its own and that if a “patriotic chief of army staff comes in, he will not spare the incumbent rulers.”
Since then, the former prime minister is under fire for targeting Pakistan Army. Commenting on Khan’s statement, Bilawal said: “Targeting senior officials and handing out certificates of patriotism and traitors for the members of different institutions have been hallmarks of this anarchist.”
Meanwhile, Maryam called the PTI chief a “double-dealer” saying that Pakistan will never reel from the shock and “continue to go downhill if he’s [Khan] not declared and dealt with as a double-dealer by all the stakeholders including the judiciary.”