- Urges TV Channel to air his statement alike to false news attributed to sources
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) senior leader Hammad Azhar has termed the allegations of his involvement in May 9 vandalism as a pack of lies and said now false and concocted news from ‘sources’ were being aired on TV Channel to spin a narrative.
Reacting to a news report run on Geo News attributed to sources about his involvement in the vandalism, Hammad Azhar said that he was not even in Lahore on the day and had not contacted any party worker.
The PTI leader stated that the allegations against him were a “pack of lies”, as he had gone away from Lahore for some important meeting on that day. He said: “The case is so weak that they are using ‘sources’ to spin a narrative.”
Hammad Azhar urged the private TV Channel to dare to run his statement in the similar fashion like it aired the concocted and false news from sources as a breaking news.
Hammad said that now a false narrative was being created against those whose loyalties could not be changed.
جھوٹ کا پلندہ۔ میں اس دن لاہور میں ہی نہیں تھا اور کسی ایک ورکر سے بھی رابطہ نہیں ہوا۔ اتنا کمزور کیس ہے کے بیانیہ بنانے کی خاطر “ذرائع” کا لفظ استعمال کیا جا رہا ہے۔ pic.twitter.com/udjhHyj76M
— Hammad Azhar (@Hammad_Azhar) June 1, 2023
اگر جیو نیوز میں حوصلہ ہے تو میرا نیچے دیا گیا بیان بھی ساتھ چلائے۔
کسی ایک ورکر سے بھی رابطہ نہیں ہوا اُس دن۔ لاہور سے دور ایک میٹنگ کے لئے گیا ہو تھا۔ اب جو لوگ پارٹی میں رہ گئے ہیں ان کے خلاف ذرائع کا لفظ استعمال کر کے جھوٹا بیانیا بنایا جا رہا ہے۔ https://t.co/tLkxtiUpa8 pic.twitter.com/dPquXMQsHf— Hammad Azhar (@Hammad_Azhar) June 1, 2023
Earlier, Hammad Azhar also tweeted saying that authorities have illegally sealed our business premises, the oldest steel trading & manufacturing establishment in Pakistan.
“Proud suppliers of steel for Minar-e-Pakistan & other national icons, our company AFCO is known for integrity & quality since 1935,” he wrote.
The PTI leader said that authorities didn’t care about the thousands of employees whose livelihoods depends on such businesses. He added that they did not care about the hundreds of vendors whose businesses will in turn suffer when a manufacturing unit shuts down.
The msg that this illegal act gives out;
1. If you want to do politics and business simultaneously, it’s better to set businesses up abroad like many PDM leaders.
2. Pakistan isn’t safe for even local businesses, let alone foreign investors since there is no rule of law https://t.co/cLm7SNmbNw
— Hammad Azhar (@Hammad_Azhar) June 1, 2023
