'Foreign-funded watch thief' again skipped court appearance: Marriyum.

ISLAMABAD -- Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb said on Thursday 'foreign-funded watch thief' again failed to appear before the court taking cover of the security threat.

Taking to Twitter, she wrote that the PTI chief did not feel a security threat when he was working for 'Save Judiciary Campaign'. 'However, when the court summons him, he starts making excuses of ailment, incapability, and old age,' she added.

'The video link jackal will not let others make investigation against him because he is a foreign agent and watch thief too,' she concluded.

Earlier, Ms Aurangzeb had criticised Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan saying that a person who hid when police arrived to arrest him was now fine to hold election rallies.

' This was not a movement to save the judiciary but a movement to be save [himself] from [facing] judiciary', she tweeted.

Lashing out at the PTI chairman, she said, 'the foreign agent and Toshakhana thief' did not appear even when his non-bailable arrest warrants were issued. The minister said that the accused and his legal team did not appear before the court and the court was again waiting.

While talking to the media on Tuesday, Marriyum Aurangzeb called for bringing PTI chief Imran Khan to justice for his crimes, including massive corruption.

'Till date, Imran Khan has not appeared before courts in any case whether it is related to Malam Jabba, Billion Tree Tsunami, BRT Peshawar, Toshakhana, foreign funding, or Tyrian White's parental issue,' the minister said.

Imran Khan, she said, had been avoiding the courts as he had nothing in defense to escape from punishment for the crimes.

She said Imran Khan was a 'foreign agent', who had 'indulged in laundering...

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