Minister for Defence Khawaja Asif has said Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) had invested charity amount for business activities in different countries including Muscat and France.
Talking to a private news channel, he said cases of corruption in charity and attacking the Parliament and Pakistan Television (PTV) were being pleading in the court against PTI Chief Imran Khan. The minister said the scuffle in the Parliament was planned by PTI as its member Shah Mehmood Qureshi had chanted provoking slogans against the prime minister.
He said the PTI had made commitment in Business Advisory Committee meeting that two members from treasury benches and one from opposition would address the Parliament but later it violated the agreement. The PTI members had chanted derogatory slogans against the prime minister which could not be tolerated by Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leaders, he added.
He said Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources Shahid Khaqan Abbasi went to the opposition benches and talked to Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) member Naveed Qamar that PTI was violating the agreement then PTI leaders had physically attacked him.
Replying to a question, he said the operation Zarb-e-Azb was successfully continued and it would continue till the elimination of last terrorist from the country. To another query, he said Pakistan has commitment with Saudi Arabia that it would protect the Hurmain Sharifain in any danger.
He said, according to 1982 Act, Pakistani 1000 soldiers of different cores including medical were present in Saudi Arabia for various purposes but not for combating.
Earlier, Defence Minister Khawaja Asif held an open court at the PML-N House, Paris Road, here on Sunday. He heard the problems of people and issued orders on various applications for urgent compliance to provide early relief to the applicants.
Punjab Minister for Local Bodies Manshaullah Butt, MPA Ch Muhammad Ikram, Sialkot Mayor Ch Tauheed Akhtar, Deputy Mayor Ch Bashir Ahmed, local PML-N leaders Mehmoodul Hassan Babar Khan, Hassan Arif Sheikh, Farooq Ghuman and President PML-N Women Wing Sialkot Nusrat Jamshaid Malik were also present.
