'Double Standards': Sherry picks apart PTI's deal with another US lobbying firm.

ISLAMABAD -- Federal Minister for Climate Change Senator Sherry Rehman on Thursday slammed the purported 'U-turn' made by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) by signing a six-month agreement with a private US consulting firm, Praia Consultant, for using their services to promote party's image and restoring its lost credibility.

In a flurry of tweets, the minister held the signing of the agreement exposing the PTI's "double standards and hypocrisy".

The federal minister said that many countries appoint lobbyists, and so do political parties, but this case was particularly bizarre because it came from a party that attempted to pose itself as a [political] martyr of the "US meddling".

'If that was the case, why are they now locked in a desperate attempt to buy the influence of the US decision-makers after the failure of the 'Cipher Conspiracy' narrative and earlier lobbying efforts? PTI's double standards and U-turns have been exposed many times," she said.

"Now, they are constantly taking the services of lobbying companies for their publicity in the US. His[Imran Khan] concocted narrative has been exposed numerous times that show he was planning to 'play' with Pakistan's interests for his own personal politics," she alleged.

The minister continued, 'Despite previously blaming the US for their ouster from politics, the PTI hired an American lobbying firm Fentone Arlook LLC in October of last year, only to quickly backtrack on their criticism of the US within a month. It's now apparent that hiring of lobbyists is not with Pakistan's interests and integrity in mind, but rather as a means to influence the country's domestic politics for their own gain. This brazen use of self-interest above national interest is a clear indication of PTI's willingness to compromise Pakistan's interests for the sake of their own political agenda.'

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