Raoof Hasan’s contact with Indian journalist exposed PTI’s anti-state agenda: Tarar

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Attaullah Tarar Sunday said anti-state decisions made by ‘Faiz-Niazi-Bushra nexus’ had emerged as the worst example of hostility towards the country.

In a statement issued here, the minister strongly condemned what he dubbed as the unholy alliance of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder and ex-ISI chief Lt-Gen. (retd) Faiz Hameed, and PTI’s alleged links with anti-Pakistan journalists from across the eastern border and its decision to resettle Fitna-ul-Khawarij from the western border in the country.

He pointed out that PTI spokesperson Raoof Hasan’s ‘provocative and terrible’ conversation with an Indian journalist that surfaced earlier in the day had fully exposed the party’s anti-state agenda. Tarar called the PTI a ‘foreign-funded party’ which has committed to anti-national agenda. He said it was seeking support of its foreign masters to undermine the territorial integrity and sovereignty of the country. It is doing so after harming the country’s foreign policy with the cipher conspiracy.

Tarar made it clear that Raoof Hasan’s conversation with the Indian journalist, who holds anti-Pakistan sentiments, was a true reflection of the ideology of PTI, which has been conspiring against the country, including the May 9 attacks.

The PTI social media cell in Islamabad, which was in constant contact with the enemies of country, was involved in running a smear campaign against the Pakistan Army and army chief, he said. “Their clamor for a bloody revolution in the country proved that the PTI had received foreign funding from India for the purpose. This was also revealed by the investigation into the prohibited funding case of PTI,” he noted.

The minister contended the PTI leader’s contact with Indian journalist proves he is running an anti-Pakistan campaign at the behest of anti-national forces. He also regretted that the ‘foreign funded group’ had crossed all limits of anti-nationalism and that there was no doubt that their main goal was to harm Pakistan’s national interests and the army. Tarar said, “These people are pursuing Indian agenda while sitting in Pakistan”.

He also accused the PTI of resettling terrorists in the country at the behest of Indians, whereas Faiz Hameed also became a stooge of the PTI founder and resorted to creating instability in the country on his behest. The nation fully knew that it was Faiz Hameed who was the agent of the wife of PTI founder Bushra Bibi, a central figure in all these conspiracies.

The minister concluded that the ‘Faiz-Niazi-Bushra nexus’ had harmed the country, alleging that the ‘alliance’ was involved in inciting revolt in the state institution. The Faiz-Niazi nexus also tried to create an impression that there was some kind of confusion or division in the ranks and file of the Pakistan Army, he said.