ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb has strongly condemned the remarks by former prime minister Imran Khan to “implicate” a group of journalists in the failed assassination attempt against him.
Imran Khan was on his way towards Islamabad when his Long March container came under gunfire attack from multiple directions at Wazirabad’s Allah Wala Chowk on November 3. Since then, Imran Khan had been naming 3 key personalities for plotting to kill him, and wanted to register an FIR against them as well. His attempts, however, turned futile when Wazirabad Police on Monday registered FIR as per orders of their superiors, setting aside PTI’s version. PTI workers have since been on roads protesting against the federal government.
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During an interview to CNN, Khan said “as the events unfolded, they are in that speech. How this would happen, how in the name of blasphemy a religious fanatic would kill me and they would blame it on him.” He also named three journalists for circulating a video of him, carrying allegations of blasphemy, and accused them of incitement to his murder.
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In a statement issued here on Tuesday, Marriyum Aurangzeb asked Imran Khan to do politics, but refrain from spreading mischief, chaos and disorder in the country. She alleged that during Imran Khan’s tenure,
