Information minister criticises Imran Khan for not submitting reply in 'foreign funding' case

ISLAMABAD: State Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb criticised on Thursday Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairperson Imran Khan for failing to submit a reply in the foreign funding case against his party in the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP).

“What happened at the ECP today? PTI must give a reply,” she said while holding a press conference.  

She remarked that Imran took money from "Jews and Indians" to fund his party. If that is not the case then why hasn’t the PTI chief submitted his reply to ECP? she asked, adding “Imran Khan is used to playing by his own rules now.”

“Whenever Imran Khan is questioned, he doesn’t even appear before the court,” she said, adding “this should end now.” Imran Khan is a liar and involved in money laundering, she alleged.

She also said that the ruling Sharif family appeared before the Joint Investigation Team (JIT), which was formed after the Supreme Court’s verdict in the Panama case, only because of Nawaz Sharif. The name of Shehbaz Sharif and Captain Safdar’s did not even come up in the Panama case and they appeared as witnesses. She criticised calling them accused in the case. 

Nawaz Sharif presented his entire family in front of the court just for the nation, she added

She remarked that the case is just related to off-shore companies, however, the opposition have made the case to be one of corruption.

The JIT is investigating the private businesses owned by the Sharif family, she stressed.