'I don't need to lie,' Imran Khan says after ISPR rejects allegations.

ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan Tuesday referred to the Pakistan Army and the country as his own stating he doesn't "need to lie".

'This is my army and my Pakistan. I don't need to lie,' the PTI chief said in a video statement shared on PTI's social media channels, before leaving for the federal capital to attend hearings of his bail applications for two cases against him at the Islamabad High Court.

Khan comments came a day after the army rebuked him for hurling 'irresponsible and baseless allegations' against a senior military officer, who is currently serving in the armed forces.

'[The] chairman PTI has levelled highly irresponsible and baseless allegations against a serving senior military officer without any evidence,' Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director-General Major General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry said in a statement, as the politician continued his tirade against the establishment.

The military spokesperson said the politician should refrain from making baseless allegations and warned that if such a trend continues, the army had the right to take legal action.

Following an attempted assassination attack on him in November last year, the former prime minister - who was ousted...