- Tarar says that the founder of the PTI “benefits from vacation” in prison.
- “No politician appreciated this kind of leniency.”
- PML-N serious in the fight against PPP’s reserves: Minister.
Caterently rejecting the unfair treatment request from Pakistan Tehreek-e-insaf of the imprisoned party founder, Imran Khan, the Minister of Information, Attaullah Tarar, said the former president had not been deprived of any convenience of prison on Wednesday.
“In my opinion, the founder of the PTI really benefits from vacation instead of dealing with a prison sentence,” said Tarar speaking Geo News “AAJ Shahzeb Khanzada Kay Sath” program.
He said Khan was authorized to meet people several times a week, and that he is the only political leader who appreciated this kind of leniency. “Imran Khan is imprisoned in a corruption case, but he is not on vacation.”
Regarding the allegations of the former ruling party, Tarar said that the federal government does not have time to conspire the disappearance of PTI of the political arena.
He argued that the PTI is experiencing intestine struggles among its leaders and is divided into two factions – the group of Aleema Khan and the Bushra Bibi group. “I really don’t know what faction of the PTI prevented another from meeting him (Imran Khan),” he added.
His statements occurred after several PTI leaders were seen blame for having created obstacles while trying to carry out meetings with Khan in Adiala in Rawalpindi prison.
One day there is a meeting between Khan and the leaders of the PTI was again struck by the controversy as a party president, Gohar Ali Khan, said that the party had granted the permission of “only two lawyers” for the meeting by their list; However, “five lawyers met the founder of the PTI today”.
The PTI legislator has also criticized the prison authorities for intervening that Khan’s family members to meet him. “We condemn you for not having authorized Khan’s sisters to meet him.”
Tarar also criticized the political movements of the former ruling party, saying that they were not clear about the questions on which they wanted to keep talks.
To a question concerning the differences within the ruling coalition, the chief of the Muslim league of Pakistan-Nawaz declared that they respected their key ally, the Pakistani peoples’ party (PPP), its president Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and President Asif Ali Zardari.
He added that his party was serious to tackle the PPP reserves and that a committee worked under the Darrier Ishaq Dar in this regard.
Last month, it appeared that the PML-N and the PPP agreed to hold other cycles of negotiations on power sharing in Punjab, The news reported.
The decision was made at a meeting of the coordination committees for both parties at the house of the governor of Punjab on Saturday.
The two parties reaffirmed their commitment to work together on social protection projects and agreed to keep regular monthly meetings.