Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday lambasted the country’s PM Shehbaz Sharif and Bilawal Bhutto Zardari for their foreign trips amid “crisis”.
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Khan, according to the report in NDTV has come heavily on his rivals Sharif and Zardari.
Sharif, the report mentioned is currently in the UK for the coronation of King Charles III while Foreign Minister Bilawal visited India on Thursday to attend the
Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)'s Council of Foreign Ministers meeting in Goa.
The report said Khan, while addressing a PTI rally from inside his vehicle in Lahore, targeted the two leaders for their foreign trips.
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Khan’s rally was held to show support and solidarity with the Supreme Court, Constitution and Chief Justice of Pakistan Umar Ata Bandial.
"Pakistan is being humiliated in the world. We ask the question, Bilawal you are touring the entire world but first tell us, before going, do you ask anyone that you're spending the country's money on a trip, so what will be the benefit or loss from it?" Khan was quoted ihn the report as having said.
It said Khan questioned what benefit was gained from the trip to India.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, in his remarks at the SCO meeting, said terrorism in all its forms, including cross-border terrorism, must be stopped, usually a reference to Pakistan.
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"We firmly believe that there can be no justification for terrorism and it must be stopped in all its forms and manifestations, including cross-border terrorism."
Later, he alleged that Pakistan backed terrorists in Kashmir and the Pakistan foreign minister's position was "found out and called out", the report mentioned.
