PTI defectors are standing with state, says Attaullah Tarar

ISLAMABAD (APP) - Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Interior Attaullah Tarar on Thursday said that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief would have to be answerable in Toshakhana, Al-Qadir Trust and other corruption cases.

Talking to the media, he said those who had parted ways with the PTI and its chief did a commendable job because their action supported the state.

“Had the PTI chairman in jail, the innocent lawyer murdered in Balochistan would have been alive today,” he said. "The son of the killed lawyer had nominated the PTI leader in the first information report."

He said that several people from the Jahangir Khan Group were with the government and part of the cabinet and would also remain associated in future too. "The government has an ideal working relation with Jahangir Tareen. Five leaders had left the group in the past but they were warmly welcomed when they rejoined the party," he concluded.