ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah has claimed former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s target was to “spread chaos and anarchy” in the country. Addressing a press conference in Islamabad, the minister said that the entire struggle of Imran Khan was directed towards achieving the above purpose.
The Minister said Imran Khan is not a political leader but a ‘rabble-rouser’ and labeled him (PTI chairman) a “fitna”. Referring to the recent protests in the country that followed Imran Khan’s arrest earlier this week, Rana Sanaullah said, it was not the job of a political party and political workers. He added that it is the work of “a specific mindset” that centres on the culture of “ vandalism” and “hatred”.
Pakistan’s Interior Minister on PTI Protest
Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah said that no one else was given such a relief as Imran Khan in Pakistan’s constitutional and judicial history. Rana Sanaullah said that the protesters coming out following PTI chairman Imran Khan’s arrest was not the “reaction of the nation”. He claimed that the protesters “were trained miscreants and terrorists”. Rana Sanaullah alleged, “Imran Khan was training them for the past year”.
Rana Sanaullah maintained that protests were staged at 12 sites in the federal capital Islamabad on May 9, during which 650 to 700 people took part. The Minister added that during protests staged at 221 sites in Punjab province on May 9 and 15,000 to 18,000 people attended it.
In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the minister said, protests were staged at 126 sites and 19,000 to 22,000 people participated in it.
