Information Minister Ataullah Tarar has accused Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf founder Imran Khan of being the “chief sponsor” of terrorists and of facilitating the return and sheltering of militants.

He alleged that Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa chief minister-designate Sohail Afridi was nominated to “completely support and promote” terrorists and their facilitators.

He made the remarks while speaking at a joint press conference in Islamabad alongside the Coordinator to the Prime Minister on Information and K-P Affairs Ikhtiar Wali Khan on Thursday.

Tarar said the against PTI amounted to a political defeat for the party and reinforced the state’s narrative that those seeking to destabilise the country would not be tolerated.

“The person sitting in jail is the chief sponsor of terrorists,” he told repo

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