Either Imran Khan or PML-N will be ‘eliminated’ from political scene: Pakistan’s Interior Minister
The Hindu
Imran Khan has turned politics into enmity and taken it to a point where “either he or us” will be “eliminated” from the political arena, Pakistan’s Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah has said, warning that the ruling party will go to any extent to protect its existence
Imran Khan has turned politics into enmity and taken it to a point where "either he or us" will be "eliminated" from the political arena, Pakistan's Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah has said, warning that the ruling party will go to any extent to protect its existence.
In an interview with a private TV channel, the senior leader of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) termed the ex-Prime Minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief an "enemy" of his party and said Mr. Khan will be "treated like that".
Mr. Sanaullah, who is very close to former premier and London-based PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif, said when the ruling party feels that its existence is under threat, it will go to any extent against its chief political rival.
“Either he will be eliminated from the political arena or us. He has now taken the country’s politics to a point where only one of the two can remain — PTI or PML-N," he said on March 25.
"PML-N's entire existence is in jeopardy and we will go to any extent against him. Mr. Khan has turned politics into enmity. Mr. Khan is now our enemy and he will be treated like that," Mr. Sanaullah, 68, asserted.
Mr. Khan, after surviving an attack on him during a rally in Wazirabad in Punjab province in November last year, had named Mr. Sanaullah behind the assassination attempt on him.
Mr. Khan, 70, also blamed Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and a senior ISI officer for their role in the assassination bid.