Just before former Pakistan prime Minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chief Imran Khan was arrested on Tuesday from outside the Islamabad High Court, a war of words had ensued between Khan and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Twitter.
The Pakistan PM had on Sunday hit out at PTI chief Imran Khan for “routinely maligning and threatening Pakistan Army and intelligence agency for petty political gains.”
Soon, Khan responded by posing a few questions to PM Sharif and wrote, “As someone who has suffered 2 assassination attempts on his life in last few months, can I dare to ask SS the following Qs.”
As someone who has suffered 2 assassination attempts on his life in last few months, can I dare to ask SS the following Qs:
1. Have I, a citizen, the right to nominate those I feel were responsible for assassination attacks on me? Why was I denied my legal & Constitutional right pic.twitter.com/YWVHrizPoR
— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) May 8, 2023
“Can SS answer why the ISI took over ICT Judicial Complex evening before my appearance there on 18 March? Why were ISI personnel in CTD & lawyers camouflage? What was motive & what business did ISI have in the Complex? When SS can truthfully answer these Qs, all will point to,” read one of the questions thrown to Sharif by Khan.
Responding to the questions Sharif wrote, “I have no doubt that your politics is defined by blatant lies, untruths, U-turns, and vicious attacks on institutions. Bending the judiciary to your whims and behaving as if rules don’t apply to you. What I said about you in my tweet is established by facts over the past few years.”
Sharif also posed a few questions to Khan of which on read, “Maligning Pakistan Army as an institution is a recurring pattern in your politics after your ouster from power. Did you not resort to constant mud-slinging of the leadership of the army & intelligence agency much before the Wazirabad attack?.”
I have no doubt that your politics is defined by blatant lies, untruths, U-turns, and vicious attacks on institutions. Bending the judiciary to your whims and behaving as if rules don’t apply to you. What I said about you in my tweet is established by facts over the past few… https://t.co/SEi3HRj19m
— Shehbaz Sharif (@CMShehbaz) May 9, 2023
“what legal route did you adopt other than hurling threats & making baseless allegations almost on a daily basis? You refused the offer of cooperation from the federal government & boycotted the legal proceedings. You were never interested in finding the truth about the attack but used the condemnable incident for petty political objectives,” was Sharif another question to Khan.