ISLAMABAD/SIALKOT:

As the PTI scrambled to defend itself after a broadside from the military's spokesperson, the government seized the moment on Saturday to tear into the embattled party, rallying behind the DG ISPR and using the uproar as fresh ammunition against the incarcerated former premier Imran Khan.

Speaking to reporters in Sialkot, Defence Minister Khawaja Asif recalled that Imran himself had long relied on ridicule and abuse against political rivals and had little ground to object to the ISPR's remarks.

He pointed out that the PTI's outrage at the DG ISPR's assessment rang hollow, recalling the PTI's history of inflammatory rhetoric and its refusal to acknowledge the sacrifices of the armed forces.

"When they were in power, I remember, he (Imran) would engage in theatrics and

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