Islamabad: Opposition parties in Pakistan claim that Prime Minister Imran Khan’s remarks about initiating a treason case against Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman apparently “overshadowed” Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan’s historic statement on Kashmir.

The opposition was of the view that the prime minister’s “uncalled-for” statement after an hour of the Turkish president’s statement had undermined the whole two-day official visit of Erdogan to Pakistan as it had diverted the attention of the entire media and even parliament from the guest’s statement, Dawn reported.

Khan had during an informal chat with a group of reporters at the Prime Minister House last week said that a treason case should be initiated against Maulana Fazl for admitting that he had staged the sit-in to topple the government.

The controversial remarks by the prime minister got hype not only in the media but also in the following separate sessions of the Senate and the National Assembly where legislators even forgot to give a vote of thanks to President Erdogan for supporting Pakistan’s point of view on Kashmir. They kept reacting to the prime minister’s remarks.