FAISALABA:State Minister Interior and Anti-Narcotics Senator Talal Chaudhry categorically said on Wednesday that sisters of the PTI founder were not disrespected outside the jail and such claims were a fabricated political narrative designed for point scoring.
Addressing a press conference in Jaranwala alongside Jamiat Ahl-e-Hadith scholars, he said that the government holds the PTI founder’s sisters in high regard and ensured their full security and dignity during the incident.
He said that despite political differences, the PTI founder’s sisters remain respectable and female security officials repeatedly attempted for several hours to guide them off the main road where their protest was causing public inconvenience.
He said that the women security personnel formed a protective cordon and shifted them respectfully to a safe area. The allegations of mistreatment are baseless, he added. Talal Chaudhry criticised what he described as a recurring tactic of leveling accusations such as harassment or egg-throwing for political mileage.
He said that PTI founder enjoys unprecedented facilities in the jail including extensive visitation rights, meetings with political leaders, lawyers, doctors and family as well as a large exercise area and full kitchen amenities including Desi chicken.