Political Confrontation Gets Bitter.

ISLAMABAD -- Political confrontation in the country is getting bitter as each day passes amid the attacks and counter-attacks by the rival political parties. Ruling partners, the Pakistan People's Party and the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) yesterday highlighted the Financial Times report regarding PTI foreign funding and alleged that the report was a serious indictment against PTI chief Imran Khan.

Earlier, National Assembly speaker Raja Pervez Ashraf accepted resignations of 11 PTI lawmakers reducing their strength. The PTI and its ally, the PML (Quaid-e-Azam) hit back by winning the Speaker's slot back in the Punjab Assembly, days after replacing the PML-N-led provincial government.

PTI and PML-Q's Sibtain Khan defeated Malik Saiful Malook Khokhar of PML-N in the Speaker's elections despite the PML-N's claims of a surprise

This comes as Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah Khan admitted that the PML-N supremo was in favour of early elections to resolve the political crises.

PTI's return in Punjab is not a good sign for the PPP and the PML-N as they prepare for the general elections.

The two parties are waiting for the right environment to go for elections if they agree on the option. At present, PPP supremo Asif Ali Zardari is against early polls. Going for elections under the worsening inflation and price hike could be suicidal.

The PPP and the PML-N have now started a campaign to attack the PTI and 'expose' their wrongdoings if calling early elections becomes inevitable.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif while reacting to the Financial Times report regarding the PTI foreign funding said that report was a serious indictment against Imran Khan.

Yesterday, PPP Secretary General Syed Nayyar Hussain Bukhari's criticised the PTI for receiving illegal funding. 'Transferring money deposited for welfare purposes to the party account amounts is dishonesty. The mask of wealth is coming off the face of the charity looter,' he said citing the Financial Times.

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