LAHORE: Former Prime Minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan said on Thursday that he has no hope from those who back the incumbent government, and the people are looking towards the Supreme Court of Pakistan. He claimed that former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif wanted to expel him for the country’s politics.
Addressing his party workers via video link, Imran Khan said that PTI had announced the date of the elections rally day before yesterday. However, police fixed the route of the rally and Section 144 was unexpectedly imposed on the day of the PTI’s rally, he remarked. He said that containers were placed on the roads and tear gas and water cannons were also deliberately used on the PTI workers.
Nawaz Sharif wants to banish me from politics: Imran Khan
The PTI chief added that the country’s media regulatory body Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PENRA) also imposed ban on coverage of the rally on television channels. Imran Khan claimed, “former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif Nawaz Sharif says he [Imran Khan] should be taken out of the way”. PTI chairman said that he (Imran Khan) is ready to face anything including going to prison.
Imran Khan said that on Wednesday the Government harmed Pakistan’s democracy. He went on to say that the entire nation is looking towards the Apex Court and they want the Supreme Court to stand by the law and constitution. Imran Khan said, “the Sicilian mafia is making efforts to create division in the country’s top court,”.
Earlier, the PTI chief told BBC that he only wanted poll in the country and for this purpose, he was ready to hold meeting to anyone. He said that he is a politician and, in this capacity, he can hold talk to everyone except “thieves”. He, however, clarified that he never invited Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to talk.
