ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage Marriyum Aurangzeb on Thursday lashed out at the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leaders for trying to force their way into the Press Information Department (PID) for a second time.
Talking to a private TV channel, the minister said the very fact that the PTI had made yet another attempt to trespass into an official building clearly indicated a well-entrenched culture in the party to flout the law.
“They did this notwithstanding the fact that it had been clearly told previously that the rules did not allow holding of press conferences at the PID press center by political parties. The facility is exclusively meant to be used by the government officials and the ministers,” she said.
Marriyum said there were laws in the country which would have to be followed by the PTI and it could not be allowed to have its way by violating the laws.
She said that the PTI had become irrelevant to the political landscape of the country. “Therefore the acolytes of Imran, emulating their leader, are trying to create such scenes to attract media attention and use that forum to malign and denigrate its political opponents, particularly Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his family,” she said.
She said that PTI spokesman Naeemul Haq had made yet another clumsy effort to accuse Maryam Nawaz of involvement in the Dawn Leaks.
“Shouting, hurling abuse and invectives and unwarranted criticism of the government has become the hallmark of the PTI’s politics. They are doing this to put pressure on the government and state institutions. These antics will not yield the desired results,” she said.
