Entrepreneur Development Minister Nazri Aziz today accused PAS leaders of being pretentious and defended his action to dance with a ' dangdut ' singer at a fund-raising gala for victims of the Iraq war.

The opposition party's organ Harakah had published a photograph of the minister dancing with the singer Ani Mayuni in its latest edition.

"What's wrong if I dance to raise funds to help victims of the Iraq war. Furthermore, I danced in front of about 1,000 people. I will not give in to PAS' claim and slander," he was quoted as saying in a Bernama report.