Says imported govt turned blind in revenge, violating constitution and law
LAHORE
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman and former Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday alleged that members of his party received threats along with the offers of money by telling them that a red line has been drawn on him [Imran Khan] and he has no future.
Addressing the PTI parliamentary party leaders in Lahore on Wednesday, he said that after almighty Allah, the people of Pakistan are the inheritors of Pakistan and only Almighty Allah can draw redline.
Imran Khan said that it has been decided to change the opinion of people by force, adding that “I don’t know what kind of genius make such decisions.” He praised PTI Members of the Provincial Assembly (MPAs) for attending the session in large numbers despite facing difficulties in movement owing to the foggy condition in Lahore.
He said that he is fully aware of how PTI MPAs are being pressurised and offered money to part ways with the political party. He also praised Pakistan Muslim League Quaid (PML-Q) lawmakers and Punjab Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi for not accepting the pressure.
“These people were also asked to part ways with the PTI and join the side of PML-N (Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz),” he said and alleged that PTI lawmakers and its allies are being told that they marked a red line on Imran Khan and they are going to minus Imran Khan.
“Pakistan belongs to the Pakistanis. Only Pakistanis can mark a red line on someone but anyone else. If some people are arrogant enough to think about redlining any personality then they have no sense of politics, neither they read the history nor care for the country.”
He said that not a single political party gains such popularity in Pakistan as compared to the PTI. Khan said that those who are having any doubts should watch the videos of his 65 power shows. He said that millions of nationals came out of their houses to resist the toppling of the PTI government via a conspiracy.
He said that the nationals had also backed PTI in the Punjab by-polls and gave a clear message to the powerful circles. He said that all tactics were used to force the nation to accept the ‘thieves’ as their rulers, but they all failed.
While slamming the incumbent government, Khan said that the current rulers did nothing for Pakistan but they only get another NRO and dissolve their corruption cases worth Rs1,100 billion. He said that some people thought that Shehbaz Sharif is a genius but his performance exposed him after he failed to cope with the political and economic challenges.
He also criticised the government delegation comprising a lot of ministers to Geneva during the International Conference on Climate Resilient Pakistan instead of attending the session via video link amid a severe economic crisis.
He said that unemployment and inflation are rising and factories are shutting down in the country and now, the Pakistani government will be bound to accept all conditions of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for getting another tranche of loans, otherwise, the national economy will be destroyed. If the government accepts the IMF conditions, there will be a new wave of inflation hitting the nation.
He said that PTI wants a strong judiciary in the country and they will only do constructive criticism. He appealed to the judiciary to protect their constitutional and democratic rights. Imran Khan said that the PTI decided to dissolve the assemblies for entering the phase of fresh elections but the political rivals used all kinds of tactics to delay the general polls.
He alleged that the menace of horse-trading is still continued in the country. He further alleged that Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari tried to buy the consciences of the lawmakers in Lahore but the Punjab MPAs failed his bid. Khan said that a friend of Moonis Elahi, Faran, was arrested and tortured for three days.
He said that he raised suspicions of assassination plots against him many times and later he faced an assassination attempt on him. He added that he struggling for the real independence of the country and will continue its struggle.
He asked MPAs to consider their struggle for real independence as ‘jihad’ but not politics. He said that PTI is going to sacrifice two provincial assemblies for paving the way for fresh elections or at least it will hold elections in the two provinces.
Pointing to the expected vote of confidence for the Punjab CM in the coming days, He expressed hopes that PTI will emerge victorious. Earlier, in his meeting with Punjab Chief Minister Parvez Elahi and Member National Assembly Hussain Elahi who called on him at Zaman Park, Imran Khan on Wednesday said that the federal government has turned blind in the revenge politics and the imported government is violating constitution and law.
Consultation was held on the ongoing political situation and vote of confidence in the meeting. On the occasion, Imran Khan while strongly condemning the torture on Farhan Khan by declaring him an Indian agent asked what was his fault as this is a question mark for the entire nation.
The PTI chairman also condemned inclusion of Chaudhry Parvez Elahi’s family in the no-fly list and said that the federal government has turned blind in revenge politics. The PTI chairman went on to say that conspiracy of the federation in Punjab will fail, adding that the members of his party and Pakistan Muslim Leeague-Quaid (PML-Q) are united and the federal government will fail in its attempts.
Meanwhile, Chaudhry Parvez Elahi said that he doesn’t believe in politics revenge, whether it is torture against Farhan Khan or any conspiracy of Shehbaz Sharif and Rana Sanaullah, both will fail. = DNA
