Pakistan’s defence minister Khawaja Asif sparked a massive uproar after he referred the women parliamentarians of Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party as ‘garbage’.

Pakistan’s defence minister Khawaja Asif calls PTI women lawmakers ‘garbage', draws flak

Pakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has been severely criticised for his remarks on Pakistani expatriates in the National Assembly. In a statement last week, the Association of Physicians of Pakistani-Descent of North America (APPNA) said that Defence Minister Asif used "condescending and degraded language" when referring to the Pakistani diaspora in the United States and Canada.

Pakistan defence minister severely criticised for remarks on Pak expatriates

Pakistan defence minister Khawaja Asif became the social media star of bizarreness this week with his comment on population growth during a press conference. The video, shared on Twitter by journalist Naila Inayat has left people on the internet scratching their heads.

For population control, Pakistan defence minister suggests early closure of markets

Asif, a critic of Prime Minister Imran Khan, is now among a number of prominent PML-N leaders facing graft charges, including party president Shehbaz Sharif.

Pakistan anti-corruption body arrests former foreign minister Khawaja Asif