Sana advises PTI to 'change behaviour', review security measures.

ISLAMABAD -- Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah advised Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief and former premier Imran Khan on Friday to "change" his behaviour and revise security measurements.

The minister's remarks came during a press conference a day after Imran was shot in the leg in an assassination attempt.

Referring to a video of PTI leaders released after the incident, Sana quoted Asad Umar as saying that Imran Khan was aware of the threats and that party leadership had repeatedly warned him, but he insisted on continuing his protests.

Sana, on behalf of the federal government and the interior ministry, asked Imran and other PTI leaders to change their behaviour to avoid such incidents.

'We are not scared, nor do we want their long march to stop. However, these things must be brought to their notice. We hope our cautioning is not tossed to the wind but taken seriously,' he said.

He further said that it was 'very saddening' that after the incident, the PTI leadership blamed 'three people' for the attack, forcing their supporters to come out of their homes, riling up crowds and 'waving weapons around'.

'This is the same language that Imran Khan has used from 2014 on his container uptil now,' Sana said, adding that this behaviour would drag the country away from democracy.

He said that it was 'saddening that PTI chairman Imran Khan blamed people for his attempted assassination without any investigation or proof".

He maintained that the incumbent government had expressed condolences and prayed for those injured because they considered the PTI 'political opponents, not enemies'. He claimed that Imran was the one who turned his political opponents into enemies.

Commenting on the viral video of the alleged culprit's statement, Sana highlighted that a first information report (FIR) had still not been filed, raising questions about the delay.

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