Sharif family paid woman to write book on me: Imran

SLAMABAD: Former prime minister Imran Khan alleged that the Sharif family “paid a woman” — a tacit reference to his ex-wife Reham Khan — to write a book against him during the 2018 general elections, saying the “mafia” is once again gearing up for his character assassination and might release something ater Eid, Express Tribune reported.

The former premier referred to the book in an indirect way for the first time since its publication and that too at a public gathering in Multan.

At the rally, he also spoke about his first exwife Jemima Goldsmith, saying she had to go through court cases and face allegations of being a member of the Jewish lobby by the “Sharif mafia.” Reham Khan had writen a controversial memoir just a few days before the 2018 elections. Though it was claimed back then that the publication was intended to damage Imran’s electoral prospects, he still became the Prime Minister of the country in 2018 and was recently voted out of power through a no-confidence vote in the National Assembly.

“They are the people who paid a woman to write a book against me in the 2018 elections. They will once again go for my character assassination ater Eid. For them I have a message... I will fight against them as long as I am alive,” Imran said.

Apart from talking about his former wives,

Imran also accused incumbent Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif of ordering the most number of encounters during his tenure as the Punjab chief minister.

Shedding light on how “mafias” were working for the last three decades, he said that they threaten and pressure people to make things done. He, however, said that he would continue speaking against the “mafias.”

In a separate development, Imran has decided to seek assistance of President Dr Arif Alvi and Supreme Court (SC) Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial in the fulfillment of his party’s demand regarding formation of a judicial commission to investigate the diplomatic cable that Imran interprets as a “conspiracy” by the US to topple his government.

“Both important state functionaries will be consulted about the cable shared by the former Pakistani ambassador to the US,” said a statement issued by the PTI quoting Imran.

Before Imran’s government was sent packing through a no-trust motion moved by the then opposition, he had repeatedly claimed that the former Pakistani ambassador to the US was told by a senior official of the Biden administration that if the no-confidence resolution succeeded, Pakistan could be forgiven otherwise the country could face dire consequences.