Imran hostage of his own ‘allegation hurling factory’: Pervaiz Rashid

ISLAMABAD: Federal Information Minister Pervaiz Rashid has said that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has become hostage of his own ‘allegations hurling factory.’

In a statement issued here on Sunday, the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) stalwart said Imran Khan cannot live without speaking ‘a series of lies daily.’ He said the PTI chief should avoid levelling baseless allegations against others.

Dismissing Khan’s claim that the government was spending Rs430 million of tax payers wealth on Sharif family’s personal home in Murree, the minister said the Governor House and not a ‘private residence’ is being renovated in the most popular holiday destination of Pakistan.

“Shameful how govt has approves Rs 43 chores for refurbishing Sharif's personal home in Murree using SAARC Summit in Murree as a pretext. This is not first time Sharifs have used public money on their properties. Rs 11 b was spent upgrading Raiwind estate & it's environs. The Raiwind road case is still in NAB. With such abuse of public money by our ldrs, it is no wonder ppl are reluctant to pay taxes,” the PTI chief had said in a series of tweets.

During today’s statement, Pervaiz Rashid said Imran Khan has just returned from Saudi Arabia after performing Umrah and it was regrettable that he was not ready to correct his weaknesses.