Marriyum rejects Imran Khan’s ‘helplessness narrative’

Marriyum said Imran Khan should explain whether his wife received lands and diamonds from a businessman on the advice of Bajwa.

ISLAMABAD: On Wednesday, Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb rejected Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan’s claim that he felt “helpless” during his more than three years in office. She also chastised him for holding the former army chief accountable for all of his mistakes during his corrupt, ineffective, and looted government tenure. The minister tweeted in response to his (Imran Khan’s) shifting positions, “Bajwa made his (Imran) government in 2018 and it was again Bajwa who implemented conspiracy against the (PTI) government.” She questioned Imran Khan about whether he had also been ordered by Bajwa to steal pricey watches from Toshakhana.

She asked the PTI chief whether he halted the work on China Pakistan Economic Corridor, destroyed the economy and violated an agreement with the International Monetary Fund at the behest of Bajwa.

The minister said Imran Khan should inform the nation whether he offered two times extensions to the former army chief on the advice of Bajwa. Whether it was Bajwa who asked Imran Khan to appoint Usman Buzdar and Chaudhary Pervez Elahi as chief executives of Punjab.

She said Imran Khan also asserted that he had dissolved assemblies in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa at the behest of Bajwa.

The minister asked the PTI chief what he was doing all the time during the tenure of his government. Whether he just travelled to his residence in Bani Gala by helicopter, which did cost Rs 55 per trip, on his own will.