The Pakistan Muslim League-N and Pakistan People’s Party have taken former prime minister Imran Khan to task over his alleged confession to orchestrating a protest outside the army’s headquarters.
The development came after Khan, while speaking to journalists during a hearing of a case inside Adiala jail on Monday, acknowledged he had given a call for holding a peaceful protest outside the Pakistan Army’s General Headquarters in Rawalpindi, before his arrest in response to the “attack” on his Zaman park residence by law enforcers.
In response to the PTI founder’s claim reported by media, the party leaders have said that the remarks were wrongly attributed to Khan as he had not said such a thing.
PML-N leader and Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz, in a statement, said the “mastermind” of May 9 incidents had finally confessed to the sin of architecting and facilitating them. Maryam termed the PTI an anarchist group, saying its only aim was to harm the state through mischiefs. She also alleged that Khan’s Zaman Park residence served as a hub for terrorists. “Zaman Park remained the training headquarters for terrorists, where training was imparted to make petrol bombs and to attack the state,” she said.
