PML-N leader Khawaja Asif has called out the double standards of politicians who do not refrain from hurling corruption allegations at each other or using the religious card but they align together when their interests are at stake.

In a post on X, the former defence minister said on the one hand all the political parties were accusing each other of being beneficiaries of rigging and on the other hand they were talking about joint protests and even government formation.

“In these circumstances, if the people, who are watching us all, adopt the culture of moral and social degradation, who will be responsible for it?” he asked.

“Our first responsibility is the high moral education of the people by becoming a role model,” Asif concluded. “We are managing their moral decline by our actions.”

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