ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Pervez Rashid on Thursday said Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan's hatred for the Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz (PML-N) was so deep that it could drive the cricketer-turned-politician to hurl abuses at the state itself, DawnNews reported.

Addressing a workshop on budget reporting, Rashid said Khan should apprise the public about the last time he went to inquire after the health of an injured soldier.

The minister said that if the war against terrorism was America's war as the PTI chief claimed, then whose war was being fought by those who attacked mosques, military installations and schools in Pakistan.

In the same vein, Rashid said that while Khan flew in private jets himself, he could not appreciate the idea that the poor should be provided with a metro bus service.

He accused Khan of punishing the public for his defeat in the May 2013 elections, adding that PTI would lose the 2019 election as well.

The minister moreover said that while children suffering from measles in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa were dying due to bogus medicine, Khan did not have the decency to visit their families.

Regarding the coming budget, Rashid said the government would prepare a transparent plan which would not entail any discretionary funds for any ministers and nor will there be any other secret funds.

He said the government had only seven days to formulate last year's budget, adding that the PML-N still takes full responsibility for it even though it didn't have much of a role in the preparation.

Rashid also claimed that after a period of five years, the country would be able to produce more electricity than it has produced in the past 60 years.