Tareen used to pay Imran Khan's household expenses, Wajihuddin claims

Prime Minister Imran Khan’s monthly household expenses were borne by now-estranged PTI leader Jahangir Tareen, Retired Justice Wajihuddin Ahmed, who is also former PTI member, has recently claimed.

Wajihuddin, who had resigned from the PTI back in 2016, revealed that Tareen initially gave funds worth Rs3 million per month for now-Prime Minister Imran Khan's household expenses, which was later increased to Rs5 million per month.

Speaking during a show on a private news channel, he said the perception about Imran Khan being an honest man is "completely wrong".

“The man who doesn’t even pay for his shoelaces, how can you call that man honest?” Wajihuddin questioned.

It may be recalled that Wajihuddin had recommended the removal of Tareen and Pervez Khattak from the party on allegations of rigging during the PTI party election. However, Imran Khan later expelled Wajihuddin from the party.

"In the start, the Jahangir Tareen group used to pay Rs3 million monthly to run his house," he claimed, adding that the amount was later increased to Rs5m after it was determined that Rs3m were not enough for the PTI chief's palatial Banigala residence.

He further said certain people within the party would try to outdo each other in footing the bills for things like keeping Imran's car fuel tank and "keeping his pocket full at all times".

The former supreme court judge then quoted an unnamed PTI leader as saying: "How can a man whose shoelaces are not even his own call himself righteous?"