Bilawal rejects rumours claiming Saudi crown prince's visit postponed due to PTI's long march.

ISLAMABAD -- Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari Saturday rejected rumours claiming that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's scheduled visit to Pakistan was postponed due to the PTI's long march and political turmoil in the country.

Addressing a press conference, Bilawal said, 'I don't think Mohammed bin Salman's visit was postponed due to Imran Khan's long march.'

Berating PTI Chairman Imran Khan, the foreign minister said that the party's long march on Islamabad was aimed at making the appointment of the next army chief controversial.

'There is no democratic objective of Imran Khan's long march,' he said, adding that the former prime minister had offered a lifetime extension offer to the incumbent army chief to avoid the no-confidence motion.

'Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa rejected the offer for the sake of Pakistan,' he added.

The foreign minister maintained that Imran Khan wanted to make the implementation of the constitution controversial.

He held the former prime minister responsible for the economic crisis in the country and said that Khan wanted...

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