PTI chief lashes out at Asma Jahangir

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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan on Tuesday lashed out against Asma Jahangir, former Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) president, for her comments against the party’s sit-in in Islamabad.

There was confusion in various circles about exactly what Khan was responding to when he said “Asma said that women attend the PTI sit-in to dance when she herself dances on her visits to India. I think she has become friends with the Jamiat Ulema Islam-Fazal chief.”

Jahangir in talk show on Monday night said that the sit-ins were characterised by dancing and in a separate comment talked about women’s participation.

“Asma speaks with the permission of the United States,” Khan said.

The SCBA President condemned Khan’s comments against Asma Jahengir for being inappropriate and said that to Khan everyone but his own party is bad. “I don’t think his statements are even worth a response,” he said.

Also on Tuesday, the PTI chief questioned Maryam Nawaz Sharif’s eligibility to run the Prime Minister’s Youth Loan Programme as a chairperson.“While it is the government’s responsibility to provide young people with loans to start their own businesses, Maryam Nawaz’s capacity to run the program is questionable as I doubt she knows anything about microfinance,” he said.

He alleged that the Prime Minister likes to spend his time outside Pakistan on foreign trips to further his own business.

“First, the prime minister visited China and now he is in Germany but I don’t think that he can bring back investment through these visits,” Khan said.

“”Foreign investment will come to Pakistan if the government reforms institutions,” he added.

He said that the government could bring foreign investment to the tune of Rs 300 to 500 billion in minerals which will provide millions of jobs. PTI is in the process of inviting foreign companies to invest in different sectors, he said.

“PTI’s tsunami will reach Nankana Sahib tomorrow, it will go to Sahiwal on Saturday and Jhelum on Sunday,” Khan announced.

Published in Dawn, November 12th, 2014

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Saeed

Nov 12, 2014 12:21pm

Madam Asma seems to be singing from Indian or western hymn books. She should pay more attention to the human rights of our people who are being burnt alive and blown up and beaten to death, some issues on which she is silent. On the one hand she claims to be a champion of women's rights on the other she criticizes women's attnedance at PTI dharnas.

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faz

Nov 12, 2014 12:36pm

Well said IK.....Asma jahangir is the most corrupt, dual personality woman herself...everyone knows whose propaganda she works for....God save Pak from such hypocrites.

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hani

Nov 12, 2014 12:45pm

Regretfully, this lady stands with status quo... Why does she opt a tone of pro Nawaz Govt. ? Isn't she giving an impression of PTI chief '' nawaz sharif, zameeron ka sodagar? '' Recently award of a mercidiez to an attorney gen. would endorse my comment, if dawn publish my comment

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Mariam

Nov 12, 2014 01:02pm

I don't completely agree with what IK said about Asma Jahangir. She has done a lot for human rights. However, I feel that she is very 'selective' about human rights. These dharnas have exposed a lot of liberals. In their hatred of Imran Khan, it seems like they have forgotten their own principles! (Very aptly said by Rauf Klasra) Asma jahangir had nothing to say about the excellent women participation which has never been seen in Pakistan before. Instead she criticised on 'dancing' and was later silent when women were bashed by different parties and religious figures. So basically if as a woman, you support Imran Khan, then you are not human enough for these human rights champions to speak up for you.

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khanm

Nov 12, 2014 01:36pm

Be calm and be composed... there will be many upheaval....The one thing that you have that nobody else has is you. Your voice, your mind, your story, your vision. So write and draw and build and play and dance and live as only you can. remember Life is like dancing. If we have a big floor, many people will dance. Some will get angry when the rhythm changes. But life is changing all the time.

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Rana Saifuddin

Nov 12, 2014 03:36pm

@faz very well said I absolutely agree with you.

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usman

Nov 13, 2014 09:36pm

Asma Jehangir had a 50 million rupee loan write off for a spinning mill. These people are all hypocrites

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