ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Water and Power Abid Sher Ali strongly slammed Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan while calling him a born liar and fraud on W
ednesday.
Talking to media outside Supreme Court (SC), he called on Imran and asked him why he hadn’t attended any hearing of the case. “Why is Imran Khan not coming to SC if he considers himself so much brave?”
He pron
ounced tha
t “Imran Khan is a proclaimed offender and is afraid that he might be arrested if he came to the court. People like Khan always stay in hiding and then attack their opponents.”
The minister also lashed out at Imran Khan’s father and called him a “legitimate thief.” “Your (Imran Khan) father did corruption. He stole money from Pakistan’s institutions and was convicted for corruption and theft by the court,” alleged Sher Ali.
He went on to say tha
t “Imran Khan studied in Oxford University from the money earned by corruption.” He also criticised the Panama Joint Investigation Team (JIT) report and said tha
t “it was basically the words and statements spoken by Imran Khan.”
“JIT’s report is Imran nama and we will reveal it in the court. We will not allow ball tampering in democracy,” he said. He said tha
t “Wajida Zia paid money to his relative.” He warned tha
t “Coffins of liars will emerge from the Supreme Court.”
He criticis
ed PTI leader Babar Awan for filing ineligibility reference against Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz S
harif saying, “Babar Awan, thug of Nandipur, filed reference against CM Shahbaz Sharif,” he said.