Khawaja Asif's comments undermine national security: Imran Khan

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan on Thursday lashed out at Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif for his recent comments regarding Hafiz Saeed, Lashkar-e-Taiba, and the Haqqani network.

In a series of tweets, Khan claimed that Dawn Leaks was a “deliberate attempt by PMLN” to target Pakistan’s military. He further alleged that the “Sharifs and their cronies” were desperate to appease Indo-US lobby.

“Now evident that DawnLeaks was a deliberate attempt by PMLN to target Pak mly at a time when it is fighting our enemies on multiple fronts,” he tweeted, quoting Asif’s statement that Nawaz Sharif paid a political price for peace efforts with India.

“Sharifs & their cronies desperate to appease Indo-US lobby & interests as their loot/properties all stashed away in West.”

“Their continuous targeting of our armed forces continues today as part of this Indo-US appeasement. No concern for Pak lives sacrificed,” the PTI chief continued.

“Kh Asif's comments of ownership of militant gps coming from a Foreign Min undermining Pak security. With such a FM, who needs enemies?” he added.

Khawaja Asif, speaking at a session hosted by Asia Society in New York earlier, had said that Hafiz Saeed and Haqqanis were liabilities for Pakistan.

"It is very easy to say that Pakistan is supporting Haqqanis and Hafiz Saeed and Lashkar-e-Taiba. They are liabilities, I accept that they are liabilities. But give us time to get rid of these liabilities. You are increasing our liabilities further," Asif had said.