Information minister says PTI chairman has a problem with development
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Tuesday termed a development package announced by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif during his visit to Gilgit-Baltistan as ‘pre-poll rigging’ and ‘electoral gimmick’.
In a series of tweets, the PTI chief said Prime Minister Sharif had earlier moved to appoint his federal minister as governor Gilgit-Baltistan, adding the PM had also tried to appoint Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) loyalist caretaker government and election commissioner.
“This brazen pre-poll rigging is absolutely unacceptable and PML-N must learn the essentials of democracy beginning with fair and free elections,” Khan tweeted.
He severely criticised the PM, saying “Nawaz Sharif has not been able to rise above cronyism and use of money to buy influence.”
Responding to Khan’s tirade, Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Senator Pervaiz Rashid said that the PTI chairman criticizes all development projects without discrimination. “Imran Khan has a problem with development. He starts crying rigging the moment he reads his defeat written on the wall. Jealousy has been Khan’s biggest drawback,” he added.
