PM slams Imran for accusing Zardari of hatching assassination plot.

ISLAMABAD -- Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has lashed out at PTI chief Imran Khan for levelling 'baseless and dangerous' allegations against former president Asif Ali Zardari.

Former prime minister and the PTI chairman claimed on Friday that a new plan was hatched for his assassination, accusing Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) co-chairman Zardari of being a key conspirator.

'Imran Niazi's baseless and dangerous allegations against former President Asif Ali Zardari are not only irresponsible but also conform to a pattern of conspiracy theories meant to spread venom against his political opponents,' the premier wrote on his official Twitter handle on Saturday.

PM Shehbaz said Imran's 'nonsensical rhetoric' is an attempt to remain politically relevant. 'The whole nation knows how he has used politics of hatred to divide the society for the sake of power,' he added.

Holding a news conference from his Zaman Park residence in Lahore via a video link yesterday, the former prime minister termed the alleged conspiracy 'Plan-C' for which he accused Zardari of paying money to a terrorist outfit to carry out the assassination attempt on his life.

'Now they have made a Plan C, and Asif Zardari is behind this. He has loads of corruption money, which he loots from the Sindh government and spends on winning elections. He [Zardari] has given money to a terrorist outfit...