PML-N's Tarar says PTI pursuing 'politics of bodies'.

ISLAMABAD -- Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) Attaullah Tarar said Saturday that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) was doing politics over the bodies of its workers to achieve its nefarious designs.

Addressing a press conference in Lahore, he said the family of the deceased PTI worker, Ali Bilal aka Zille Shah, during a rally, was pressurised to give statements according to the party line.

When the worker was taken to the Services Hospital, he was pronounced dead. He said Rescue 1122 was not called to get help for the party worker, which raised questions.

The PTI was declaring the death a custodial murder, which was very unfortunate.

Politics of baseless allegations by the PTI had become the identity of the party, he said adding that the PTI had become habitual of dumping its workers and leaders after using them for personal gains.

Tarar said that the caretaker Punjab government would take the investigation to a logical conclusion.

"The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) left a progressing country in 2018 whereas the PTI ruined the institutions and economy in four years," he said.

The PML-N would continue taking steps for the betterment of the country, he said...

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