Imran's 'comical' Jail Bharo drive ends in 'fiasco': Marriyum.

ISLAMABAD -- Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb on Wednesday said former prime minister and PTI Chairman Imran Khan's "comic show" Jail Bharo movement turned out to be a "complete fiasco".

The remarks came after the former prime minister suspended the movement following the Supreme Court's ruling in a suo motu notice over delay in the announcement of elections in Punjab and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P).

The apex court ordered that elections in both assemblies should be held in the next 90 days with the chief justice saying that "democracy cannot exist without assemblies".

"We welcome the SC judgment. It was responsibility of SC to uphold Constitution and they have valiantly done that through their judgment today. It is an assertion of Rule of Law in Pak. We are suspending our Jail Bharo movement and moving forward with elec[tion] campaigns in KP and Punjab," Imran wrote on his Twitter handle.

Reacting to ex- premier's remarks, Marriyum tweeted that the movement would, in fact, start with Imran Khan being jailed for the crimes he committed while in government,

She recalled that as prime minister, it was Imran Khan's responsibility to safeguard the Constitution, but he forced the president, and the National...