Imran to face public wrath for persistent anti-institutions campaign: Javed Latif.

ISLAMABAD -- Federal Minister Mian Javed Latif on Wednesday warned Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan of severe public reaction and wrath if he did not abandon his 'systematic campaign' against state institutions.

He said there must not be multiple standards of accountability for different political parties, and Imran Khan should also be made accountable of his litany of baseless criticism against the institutions.

Addressing a press conference, Javed Latif said, 'Imran Khan used to say that he will not negotiate with us (PML-N and allies), and now he is offering talks under the compulsion of changed environment.'

In case the situation had not changed, he would have been harping on the old mantra even today, he added.

Imran Khan, he said, was now seeking NROs (National Reconciliation Ordinance) from the government, the institutions and even from the United States.

The minister called for the constitution of a parliamentary commission to formally probe Imran Khan's objectives of his 'systematic campaign against the institutions'.

The commission should also be tasked to scrutinise the shocking...

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