Defence Minister Khawaja Asif said on Saturday that the embattled Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) became a threat to national security.
Expressing his thoughts, Asif took a jibe at PTI founder Imran Khan, saying, “The PTI founder is habitual of holding talks with the military leadership. Holding the negotiations with the political leadership is against the status of the PTI founder.”
He continued to berate the PTI, saying, “The PTI leadership is embracing incitement.”
Speaking about Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur, Asif said, “Ali Amin Gandapur is playing on both sides of the wicket.”
Asif stated: “No action will be taken against Ali Amin Gandapur as of now.”
Giving his take on the PTI’s forthcoming protest, Asif stated: “There is no chance of success of the PTI’s protest.”
Few days back, Asif that there was no chance of the PTI founder's release.
Speaking to media outside the Parliament House, Asif said: "It is also unlikely that Imran Khan will get relief as of now. The PTI is making full efforts to avoid staging its upcoming protest on November 24."
"Both political and military leaderships are moving the country's matters forward. We will not allow any province's attack on the center at any cost."
Asif asserted, "Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur is holding talks with the establishment since day one."
"Anything can happen in the country's political landscape; there are still two days left before the PTI's protest," he stated.
Asif maintained, "The federal government can give the permission of staging the protest, but an attack on the center will not be allowed at all."
He said, "The lobby underway in the favor of the PTI founder. The PTI workers are indulged in the funding for the foreign lobby and harming the country."
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