Islamabad: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) spokesman Faisal Karim Kundi called Imran Khan “a foreign-funded leader who walks with a foreign agenda”, media reported.
Kundi, while criticizing Khan, said India – Pakistan’s “enemy” – was marketing the former prime minister’s rhetoric, The News reported.
“(Imran Khan) Niazi cannot deceive the nation by making statements against Bhutto,” the PPP leader said.
Meanwhile, Defense Minister Khawaja Asif said there were nearly 3,000 people with the PTI leader in Muridke.
Addressing a press conference in Sialkot, Asif said the PTI was playing into India’s hands with its long march, The News reported.
He added that 98% of the march route is in Punjab while only 6-7 km is in federal government territory.
Meanwhile, Khan, the leader of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), said on Sunday that his party stood with the Pakistani military and wanted it “to be strong”, Express Tribune reported.
The former prime minister made the comments during his address on the third day of the ‘Haqeeqi Azadi’ march to Islamabad.
The former ruling party has been critical of the security establishment, with Khan criticizing the director general of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), whom he denounced at Thursday’s press conference during his remarks on the first and second days a walk.
In his message to the establishment on Sunday, however, Khan refrained from criticizing the ISI DG.
“India don’t get it wrong, we stand with our army,” he said, adding that the neighboring country was rejoicing after the ISI DG press conference, as it believes the army and Imran Khan have “a face-off”, Express Tribune reported.
“I want to tell India that this army is ours and I can never go against it,” the former prime minister said.
He added: “When General [Pervez] Musharraf eliminated these two corrupt parties [PML-N and PPP]people had given out sweets because they were fed up with their theft.