Khawaja Asif returns to Pakistan, mocks rivals with Bollywood dialogue

ISLAMABAD: Defence Minister Khawaja Asif returned to Pakistan on Sunday, announcing his arrival on Twitter with a Bollywood dialogue in an obvious aim at his rivals.

Mocking the opposition with a dialogue from Bollywood super-hit flick ‘Sholay’, Khawaja Asif tweeted: “Just landed back Alhamdolillah…  Ab tera kaya bane ga kaliya.”

Just landed back Alhamdolillah... Ab tera kaya bane ga kaliya

— Khawaja M. Asif (@KhawajaMAsif) October 30, 2016

The Defence Minister was in Dubai with his family to attend a wedding over the weekend, amid heightened political temperatures as Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) prepares for a major anti-government rally in Islamabad next week.

"Just arrived in Dubai with family to attend a wedding, will b back inshallah tmrw morning," he had tweeted on Saturday.

But Asif's departure was met with jubilation from the opposition, which claimed he had 'fled' the country following the sacking of Information Minister Pervaiz Rashid over the ‘planted story’ controversy.

In a post on Twitter, PTI chairman Imran Khan had 'congratulated' the nation, claiming that one of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's close aide had “fled” while another had been sacked, and the rest were "trembling as they look over their shoulders".