LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif said on Friday that Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan's 'unconstitutional demands' were driving him towards political suicide, adding that he (Khan) was shredding the Constitution on Constitution Avenue.

Taking a leaf out of Imran Khan's book, the chief minister used cricketing terms to have a dig at the PTI chairman and said that "Khan was wishing to grab a wicket on a no-ball but that would never happen".

He added that "Imran had not only proved himself a bad politician but a bad sportsman as well".

Shahbaz Sharif also said that the government was making sincere efforts to resolve the political crisis and added that all issues should be resolved through dialogue and talks.

Addressing parliamentarians in the provincial capital, he said the government had exhibited patience and would continue to do so in the future adding that the nation was aware of who had rejected the option of dialogue.

He also said that the will of thousands of people could not be imposed on a population of 180 million.