ISLAMABAD (National Times)- Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb Monday fired a broadside at PTI chief Imran Khan, saying that he had now given up the foreign conspiracy narrative after playing havoc with the national interests. <\/p>\n
In her reaction to Imran Khan\u2019s interview with the Financial Times, Aurangzeb said the former prime minister could not be pardoned after retracting from his narrative and that he will be held accountable.<\/p>\n
The minister said that on the basis of this narrative, chaos and lies were spread throughout the country and now a simple withdrawal was not enough.<\/p>\n
\u201cAfter terming the parliament, the Pakistan Army, and the national institutions as traitors, he can\u2019t be let off just by saying it\u2019s behind me and it\u2019s over,” the PML-N leader added.<\/p>\n
The PTI head forced people in constitutional positions to violate the Constitution for the sake of his concocted story, she remarked.<\/p>\n
Khan, she said, had no other option but to surrender his fake rhetoric of the conspiracy, imported government and regime change. \u201cImran Khan put Pakistan\u2019s interests in grave danger for the lust for power,\u201d she added. <\/p>\n
‘Unacceptable’
\nPPP Senator Sherry Rehman said that Khan should not try to withdraw his US conspiracy narrative now as this was a matter concerning national security.<\/p>\n
Taking to Twitter, Rehman said that Khan’s U-turn is “unacceptable”. She added the former prime minister, after causing diplomatic damage to Pakistan, is saying that he will not blame the US.<\/p>\n
“The audio leak shows that Imran Khan fabricated and false narrative and planned to play on it,” she added.<\/p>\n
She continued to say that Khan accused the national institutions based on this narrative.<\/p>\n
Imran ‘no longer blames US’
\nThe PTI chief, a day earlier, signalled his desire to mend ties with the United States through cooperation with Washington in the future. <\/p>\n
In an interview with the Financial Times, Khan said that “he no longer blamed the US” and wants “dignified\u201d ties with the country if he comes back to power.<\/p>\n
Referring to the alleged conspiracy, Khan said that “it was over”.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs far as I\u2019m concerned it\u2019s over, it\u2019s behind me. The Pakistan I want to lead must have good relationships with everyone, especially the United States,” he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur relationship with the US has been as of a master-servant relationship, or a master-slave relationship, and we\u2019ve been used like a hired gun. But for that I blame my own governments more than the US,” the publication quoted the former premier as saying. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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