"Defense minister used non-parliamentary words against my grandfather": Omar Ayub

Leader of the opposition in the National Assembly, Omar Ayub, termed Defense Minister Khawaja Asif's remarks against former his grandfather, Ayub Khan as “unwarranted".

Speaking on the floor of the lower house, Omar Ayub said that it was Khawaja Asif’s “personal” remarks. 

He said Ayub Khan— his grandfather and father of former speaker Gohar Khan—was a part of the history. 

The opposition leader added that Martial law was imposed by Iskandar Ali Mirza and that is a historic fact.

Ayub said: “The personal remarks he (Asif) made were unwarranted, defence minister took my grandfather’s name as well as used non-parliamentary words”.

Ayub said he had been elected to the Assembly with the public’s votes in a tough election. 

However, he claimed that Asif had been defeated by PTI-back Rehana Dar in the general election of 2024, and he declared victorious with the assistance of form-47.

A day earlier, Defense Minister Khawaja Asif, in a counterattack against PTI’s Ayub had accused the military establishment of interfering in the country’s political matters and violators of the constitution should be tried under Article 6.

However, Khawaja said that Ayub Khan had violated the constitution and imposed martial law, trial should be started for him. 

Defense Minister Khawaja Asif had demanded that former Field Martial Ayub Khan’s body should be exhumed and hanged.