Twitter handlers replace PTI’s spokespersons, says Marriyum Aurangzeb

Islamabad: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb lashed out at the chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), saying that “he [Imran Khan] is answerable”.

“Nobody is ready to bring his/her face to the limelight because of this fitna,” said Marriyum Aurangzeb while addressing a press conference on Monday.

She said, “There is no spokesperson of the PTI these days. Only Twitter handlers are its spokespersons,”.

The federal minister said that the PTI chairman was behind the petrol bombs’ attacks on the police and rangers. She also held him accused for looting the public money, saying that “you [Imran Khan] looted £190  and that he knows that he is involved in illegal funding,”.

The minister stated that Faryal Talpur was arrested on the Eid day while Rana Sanaullah was implicated in a fake case. She stated that they were not involved in corruption but they were booked in the bogus cases. Shehbaz Sharif was arrested but no chair was provided to him even to offer prayer, he added.

Marriyum Aurangzeb accused the PTI chief of committing the offence of foreign funding, saying that “this man is mentally sick and his sickness has no cure,” .

She claimed that the evidences of his involvement in the foreign funding had surfaced and he is the only man in the political history of the country who committed every crime.

The minister went on to say that Imran Khan used to say that May 9 incidents were reaction to his arrest from Islamabad. He also blamed others for May 9, she said, raising a question that who got benefit of these incidents.

"Of course, the enemy of this country has taken benefit of May 9 incidents," she added.