Facilities being provided to PTI founder not given to other politician till date: Tarar

ISLAMABAD (APP) - Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Ataullah Tarar on Wednesday said that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf was conspiring against Pakistan by giving a false narrative to the European Union.

“The spokespersons of PTI are getting instructions from jail to harm the country, but no one will be allowed to harm the economy,” he said while addressing a press conference after assuming charge as Minister for Information and Broadcasting here.

Lashing out at the PTI leadership, the minister said its conspiratorial elements were again trying to attack the country’s economy as in the past too, PTI did a heinous act by writing a letter to the International Monetary Fund asking it not to enter into a loan agreement with the Pakistan government.

He said that the PTI spokespersons were getting instructions from Adiala jail to harm Pakistan. "The PTI founder had tried to make this country default but with the grace of Allah and Shehbaz Sharif’s personal interest, Pakistan entered into an agreement with the IMF."

To a question, he said Imran Khan was living a lavish life in jail, adding the PTI founder had been given not only a room but the entire gallery for walk. "According to the prison manual of 1978, every prisoner was allowed one meeting in a week, but the founder chairman PTI was allowed four meetings in a week," he added.

About the ban on meetings, the minister said conducting the security audit was the responsibility of the Punjab government and it was the responsibility of the prison authorities and the concerned government to ensure the security of all prisoners, including Imran Khan.

He said Adiala Jail was an attached department of Punjab Home Department and all rules and regulations were listed in the jail manual. Tarar said that the PTI was conspiring against Pakistan by giving a false narrative to the EU and it had attacked Pakistan’s GSP Plus status by using the excuse of providing facilities to the founder chairman of the party.