Imran Khan and his party are pushing Pakistan towards ‘destruction’: PM Shehbaz Sharif

Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday termed former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his party as “liars” and accused them of pushing the cash-starved country towards “destruction”. Addressing his cabinet at the same time as Imran Khan was appearing before the Islamabad High Court for bail in a corruption case, Sharif criticized the leaders of his party, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), during Khan’s regime. Questions were raised on the courts regarding the silence maintained when sent to jail.

He asked, “Did they (courts) take cognizance when we were being sent to jail?” According to which he was ousted from power under a US-backed conspiracy. PML-N president Sharif said PTI chairman Khan and his party were “liars” and were pushing Pakistan towards “destruction”. He insisted that more than one national security committee has declared Khan’s allegations to be false.

Sharif also pointed to the poor economic condition of the country. Pakistani media quoted him as saying, “The country is passing through difficult times due to the devaluation of the local currency and the challenges that we inherited are taking a formidable form from the worsening situation.” Significantly, the Prime Minister’s The remarks came in the backdrop of violent protests across the country following the arrest of Khan, who appeared before the Islamabad High Court in a corruption case on Tuesday.

Expressing displeasure over the violent protests, Sharif said the country had not seen such scenes since the defeat in Dhaka decades ago. He recalled that there had been demonstrations even after the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto but none had “moved towards military installations”. ”””’ The Prime Minister said that the way PTI protesters insulted the country’s martyrs, even ‘our enemies’ had not done it. “There can be no bigger terrorism in the country than the attack on military installations,” he said. Sharif claimed that the Khan government had violated an agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and his current coalition government was trying to fix it. trying to.