Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) has denied journalist Shaheen Sehbai’s claims that former finance minister Shaukat Tarin was asked by the establishment to ‘betray Imran Khan’ and ‘help’ the Shehbaz Sharif government.
“The insinuations by Shaheen Sehbai and some others on social media quoting the Former Finance Minister are baseless propaganda,” a statement from the ISPR read.
Noting that Tarin had himself denied the claims, the ISPR added, “The same has also been duly rebutted by Mr Shaukat Tarin himself. Peddling malicious allegations and blatant lies against the institution and its leadership to promote vested interests is condemnable and institution reserves the right to take legal action against those involved.”
Shaukat Tarin posted a tweet on Wednesday and ‘categorically’ denied having been asked to join the coalition government.
I categorically deny what has been attributed to me by Shaheen Sebhai. I was never asked by anyone in the establishment to leave IK and join Shahbaz Shareef govt.
— Shaukat Tarin (@shaukat_tarin) June 8, 2022
Earlier, journalist Shaheen Sehbai took to Twitter to claim that the ‘chief neutral’ asked Shaukat Tarin to help the current government.
NEUTRAL EXPOSED: I am going to write soon about WHY the Chief Neutral, proved by ShaukatTareen as Non-Neutral as he asked Tareen to betray IK n help Shehbaz, is so sensitive and DEAD SCARED about his remaining 4 months in office. Something fishy, intriguing, alarming, unpatriotic
— SHAHEEN SEHBAI (@SSEHBAI1) June 8, 2022
