Pakistan Peoples Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari Wednesday once again took a jibe at Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief Imran Khan, saying the deposed prime minister’s insistence on snap polls comes following the possible presence of his “facilitators in the establishment”.
“Imran Khan wants elections to be held as long as his facilitators are sitting in the establishment. This is the reason behind his insistence on snap polls,” he said while speaking with journalists after reviewing Rescue 1122’s newly-constructed trauma centre in Larkana, Sindh.
Bilawal, the 34-year-old minister for foreign affairs, also said that Khan’s “facilitators” have moved away from “one institution”, but they might still be present in another.
Hinting at the establishment’s role in conducting snap polls earlier today, Imran Khan said that it is necessary for those “backing” the incumbent government get convinced for the elections to be held soon.
“If elections are held on time, Imran Khan’s facilitators perhaps will not be in any institution,” Bilawal added.
He went on to say that Khan, who was ousted through a no-confidence motion in April this year, is using all kinds of tactics including “politics of lies, hatred and division” due to this problem.
Censuring the PTI chairman for begging the military to help him regarding the polls, the foreign minister said: “Imran’s election narrative seeks help from the army. Imran Khan’s narrative wants all institutions to work as his Tiger Force. He wants them to violate the Constitution, forcefully making him the prime minister again.”