Defence Minister Khawaja Asif Friday asked Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf founder Imran Khan to keep his “mouth shut” if he wants political tension in the country to lessen.
“I think founder PTI wants to increase tension,” said the minister in an interview in the wake of the controversial social media post shared on Khan’s official X — formerly Twitter — account.
A post on X attributed to the former premier said: “Every Pakistani should study the Hamood ur Rahman Commission Report and get to know who was the true traitor, General Yahya Khan or Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.”
Asif said the former prime minister, who remains incarcerated at the Adiala jail since August 2023, is trying again to create a situation like that on May 9.
The minister, commenting on the video in question, said attempts are being made to retract the tweet related to the former Bangladeshi president.
“Barrister Gauhar [Khan] clarified that the social media team did not seek permission before tweeting,” said the minister, adding that this was the first time that the party had to retract a post on their social media account.
Khawaja Asif said he has a different stand on the history of the Bangladeshi politician and the tragedy of East Pakistan.
“By exaggerating the tragedy of East Pakistan today, you want to increase the tension,” he said, slamming Imran and his party.
The minister maintained that whether it was in politics or sports, the former premier had stung everyone who had done good to him.
“General [Qamar Javed] Bajwa’s father, General Faiz [Hamid] was his uncle, now [he is] dumping all the debris at them,” said Asif, commenting on Khan’s relationship dynamics with the former military men when he was in power.
