PM Shehbaz terms Imran Khan’s statement ‘open threat’ to country

Terming former prime minister and PTI Chairman Imran Khan’s statement he had made in an interview to a private news channel yesterday (Wednesday, June 1, 2022) an ‘open threat' to the country, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has said that the statement was enough to show that he was unfit for holding any public office, reported 24NewsHD TV channel. 

In a tweet posted on Thursday, Shehbaz Sharif asked Imran Khan to better concentrate on his politics rather than talking about the ‘division’ of the country. “Don’t cross your limits,” he warned the PTI chief in his tweet. 

While I am in Turkey inking agreements, Imran Niazi is making naked threats against the country. If at all any proof was needed that Niazi is unfit for public office, his latest interview suffices. Do your politics but don't dare to cross limits & talk about division of Pakistan.

— Shehbaz Sharif (@CMShehbaz) June 2, 2022

In his interview, PTI Chairman Imran Khan had said that the country would split into three if the establishment did not take the right decisions.

“If the right decisions are not made, the Pakistan Army will be the first to destroy and the country will be divided into three parts,” the former premier said during an interview with a private television channel.

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He said: "The actual problem here is of Pakistan and establishment. If the establishment does not take the right decisions, then I will give it to you in writing that they will be destroyed, and the armed forces will be the first ones to be destroyed.”

“The world will ask Pakistan to move towards denuclearization like Ukraine,” he added.

"Indian think tanks abroad are mulling separating Balochistan, they have plans, this is why I am putting pressure," the ousted premier said, without mentioning who he is pressurizing.

Imran’s anti-Pakistan speech was a hate speech against country: Minister

Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb on Thursday strongly condemning Imran Khan’s anti-Pakistan tirade, said that it was hate speech against the constitution and the country, not freedom of expression.

In a statement, she said that talking about division of the country was in fact projecting the enemy’s agenda.
The minister said that Imran’s statements were against the constitution and an open attack on the federation.

She said only an enemy could announce an attack on the federation and speak of the destruction of institutions.
The minister said that only an enemy could talk of dismantling the nuclear programme.
Marriyum Aurangzeb opined that Imran’s speeches in this situation should not be broadcast on television channels.

She said that it would not be possible to stop the reaction of the nation on Imran’s statements against the country.
The minister said that it was not Imran’s dictation rather it was “foreign funding”, speaking and the truth had been told by the person involved in the conspiracy.

Imran’s statements were an attack on the Constitution, national institutions including the Armed Forces and the Supreme Court of Pakistan, she maintained.
She said that only a sick mindset could attack the constitution, the Supreme Court and the Election Commission of Pakistan.