Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Farrukh Habib on Friday said it was an “old habit” of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leadership and Sharif family to attack state institutions for fulfillment of their vested interests. In a tweet, he responded to PML-N Vice President Maryam Safdar’s criticism of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf government and recalled the PML-N leadership past practices of attacking state institutions including the [buildings of] Supreme Court and National Accountability Bureau (NAB). The minister also mentioned Justice (R) Qayyum scandal of 1990s under which the then government of PML-N influenced Lahore High Court Judge for getting decision of its own choice. Farrukh, in an apparent reference to the PML-N, said the entire ‘Thappa Mafia’ was scared of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) because since times of late General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, they came to power through ‘intimidation’ and ‘rigging’.