Pakistan shocked by Imran Khan’s claim: ISI’s Faisal Naseer masterminded journalist Arshad Sharif’s murder

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has alleged that top ISI officer Major General Faisal Naseer, who tried to kill him twice, was also involved in the brutal murder of senior journalist Arshad Sharif. Khan’s remarks came when he was addressing a rally in Lahore from his bullet-bomb-proof vehicle. The rally was telecast live in other cities through video link. “Major-General Faisal Naseer of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) tried to kill me twice. He is also involved in the murder of (TV anchor) Arshad Sharif. He also nailed my party’s Senator Azam Swati and Gave him severe tortures to him,” Pakistan-Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Khan said.

Arshad Sharif, who was critical of the military, was killed in Kenya last October after he fled the country citing threats to his life from security agencies. An investigative journalist shot dead by police in Kenya has sparked outrage in Pakistan. Kenyan police said in their preliminary report that the 49-year-old man was shot dead in a moving vehicle in a case of mistaken identity. Khan (71) had earlier accused Gen Naseer, along with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah, of attempting to assassinate him in Wazirabad in Punjab province in November last year, in which he was shot three times in the leg.

“This man (Gen Naseer) is involved in atrocities against people of my party since last 20 months but no one in his organization cares about it. No one who loves Pakistan can do what this man does. Has been,” said the cricketer-turned-cricketer. -The politician said, indirectly asking the current army chief General Asim Munir why he does not take action against this ISI personnel. The PTI chief asked the country to take to the streets against “mafia rulers and their masters (elements in the military establishment)”.

“Despite these plans to kill, I am protesting on the streets for the sake of this country. It is your duty to come with me because this is not politics but jihad – fighting for real freedom is never politics, he said. Khan said that his party would hold rallies from next week till May 14 demanding elections in Punjab.
He said that if the Supreme Court is disregarded, the Constitution will collapse. Khan insisted, “This means the end of the rule of law and the beginning of the law of the jungle. We will not allow this to happen.”

The ousted prime minister also questioned what Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif was doing in the UK. Shahbaz Sharif traveled to Britain to attend the coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla. Shahbaz is there because his wealth is accumulated in Britain. His children are abroad. Khan said, this is only a game of power for the country and the family. Pakistan is infamous in the world.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar launched an aggressive attack against Bhutto-Zardari in his address at the SCO meeting, contradicting Pakistan’s foreign minister’s statement that terrorism should not be a “weapon for diplomatic point-scoring”. Seen as directed in India. At a press conference hours later, Jaishankar said that the Bhutto-Zardari statement on the weaponization of terrorism inadvertently revealed a mindset. Jaishankar accused him of being a “promoter, justifyer and spokesman of a terrorist industry”.

“As foreign minister of an SCO member state, Bhutto-Zardari was treated accordingly. As an enabler, justifyer and spokesman for a terrorism industry that is Pakistan’s mainstay, his positions called for was and was opposed, including at the SCO meeting itself,” Jaishankar said. Khan criticized Jaishankar for his remarks and said: “Pakistan’s foreign minister should be informed before embarking on this diplomatically risky trip The cost-benefit ratio should have been calculated.” However, Bhutto-Zardari termed his visit a “success” as he pleaded his country’s case on Indian soil.