'Fascist PTI involved in destructive activities since 2014, more dangerous than India': Dastgir.

ISLAMABAD -- Federal Minister for Energy Engineer Khurram Dastgir Khan on Wednesday alleged that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) was a fascist party which had been involved in destructive activities since 2014, targeting both public and private properties.

The party was more dangerous for Pakistan than its arch-rival India, he said while addressing a press conference.

Drawing historical parallels, Khurram Dastgir said, 'Fascism, which had emerged in Italy and Germany a century ago, has now got its foothold in Pakistan under the leadership of Imran Khan, who had compromised the national interests by selling the disputed Kashmir territory in 2019.'

It was not the 'Tehreek-e-Insaf' (Movement for Justice) as it claimed itself to be, but a 'Tehreek-e-Intishaar' (Movement for Chaos), with a track record of sowing the seeds of disorder and anarchy in the country, he added.

The minister referred to many instances of violence perpetrated by the 'fascist party' over the years. He recalled in 2014 over 100 policemen, including the then Senior Superintendent of Police Ismatullah Junejo, were injured in a violent incident during the PTI's so-called sit-in in Islamabad, and its workers had also attacked the Pakistan Television (PTV) and the Parliament House.

In 2016, it resorted to blocking the Attock Bridge as a launching pad...