In an interview with a British newspaper, The Guardian, on Monday, Sharif spoke at size about Khan, saying he had brought on immense injury to the nation’s home and international affairs.
“By no means earlier than was I involved about our nation’s future. Imran has injected an infinite quantity of poison on this society and made it vastly polarized as by no means earlier than … he’s distorting information and creating hate,” Sharif mentioned.
Referring to Khan’s purported audios discussing a cipher message from Washington, the prime minister mentioned they had been “an irrefutable endorsement that he (Imran) is the largest liar on the face of the earth”.
He alleged that the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chief had managed the nation’s affairs in a means that benefitted his “personal private agenda” and “in a way which will be solely described as essentially the most inexperienced, self-centred, egotistical (and) immature politician within the historical past of this nation”.
“I’m not saying this with a way of glee however a way of embarrassment and concern. My nation’s picture has been broken vastly by these lies instructed out of imply private curiosity,” Sharif mentioned.
Following Khan’s ouster from workplace in April, he made repeated allegations that the vote of no-confidence in opposition to him was a US conspiracy and offered minutes of a diplomatic cable from Washington as proof of his declare.
Final week, two audio recordings of personal casual conversations, held by Khan in his workplace when he was the prime minister, had been leaked on social media.
In each the clips, Khan may very well be heard discussing the right way to prepare dinner up a conspiracy a few international menace and saying they might now “play with the diplomatic cable”.
PM Sharif mentioned his forerunner must be “held accountable for all these aware legal acts”, referring to the alleged dialogue between Imran and his principal secretary and ministers within the leak of the right way to use the cipher for political good points.
Sharif mentioned he was “shocked”, when a number of world leaders, who he refused to call, had personally raised Khan’s conduct with him in the course of the UN Common Meeting in New York final month.
“Some leaders instructed me in particular person about his persona,” Sharif mentioned. “They instructed me he was impolite, he instructed lies, and he’s a ‘narcissist’, quote unquote,” Sharif mentioned.
He spoke of his efforts to rebuild relations with a number of of Pakistan’s international allies, which had been seen to nosedive after 2018, when Khan got here into workplace.
“Khan has broken Pakistan’s relations with the US for no rhyme or cause,” Sharif mentioned.
The PM reaffirmed Islamabad’s shut relationship with Beijing, which had suffered underneath Khan after he stopped work on China-Pakistan Financial Hall (CPEC), a multi-billion-dollar infrastructure challenge of China’s belt and highway initiative (BRI).