“Either Imran Khan or us will get murdered,” mentioned Rana Sanaullah (File)

Lahore:

In a startling comment, Pakistan’s Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah has termed ousted prime minister Imran Khan ‘enemy’ of the ruling PML-N saying he has taken the nation’s politics to a degree the place both “he (Imran) will get murdered or us”.

The remarks of the Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) senior chief, who could be very near former premier Nawaz Sharif, sparked an outcry among the many political circles particularly Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf.

Imran Khan, after surviving a gun assault on him throughout a rally in Wazirabad, Punjab in November final 12 months, named Rana Sanaullah behind the assassination try on him. Imran Khan, 70, additionally talked about the names of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and a senior ISI officer in an software for FIR for his or her function within the homicide plot.

In an interview to a few non-public TV channels on Sunday, Sanaullah mentioned: “Either Imran Khan or us will get murdered. He has now taken the country’s politics to a point where only one of the two can remain — PTI or PMLN. PMLN’s entire existence is in jeopardy and we will go to any extent against him to settle a score with him. Imran Khan has turned politics into enmity. Imran Khan is now our enemy and he will be treated like that,” Sanaullah declared.

Asked if such remarks may lead to anarchy in Pakistan, the minister mentioned: “Anarchy already prevails in Pakistan.” Reacting strongly to Rana Sanaullah’s assertion, PTI chief and former federal data minister Fawad Chaudhry mentioned: “This is a direct life threat to Imran Khan from the PMLN coalition government.” “Is Sanaullah running a gang or government? The Supreme Court had rightly declared Sharifs-led PMLN a Sicilian mafia and his statement is evidence of it,” he mentioned.

The PTI has additionally urged the SC to take discover of this as it’s an open risk to Imran Khan’s life.

“If anyone has any doubts about Rana Sanaullah’s murderous intent towards Imran Khan. This is a direct threat given by the cabal of crooks’ interior minister. The judiciary should take note,” PTI senior chief and former minister Shireen Mazari mentioned in a tweet.

The PTI mentioned it has by no means witnessed prior to now {that a} ruling get together brazenly declared eliminating a well-liked chief of Pakistan. 

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