Admits filing reference against Justice Isa a mistake
\nISLAMABAD
\nFormer prime minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has said that no future prime minister in Pakistan will be able to withstand US threats if the foreign conspiracy to keep him out of power succeeds.
\n\u201cIt will be bad for the country if the nation accepts the conspiracy… India and the US have once again demanded Pakistan to \u2018do more\u2019 and no one is saying anything now,\u201d he said during an informal conversation with journalists on Monday.
\nHe said that the \u2018conspiracy\u2019 was hatched in November and the no-confidence motion was tabled in January. \u201cOur MNAs were called to the US Embassy and soon after the US threat our allies also joined the opposition,\u201d he added.
\nTalking about his recent public gatherings, Imran Khan said that the people have come out in huge numbers and no one was expecting it. He said that Pakistan needed its armed forces and he won\u2019t say anything that would \u201charm\u201d the institution.
\nThe former premier said that his government had changed the policy of retaining foreign gifts and increased the price from 15 percent to 50 percent. \u201cWhatever I took from Toshakhana is on record… a president came to my residence and gave me the gift and I deposited it,\u201d he added.
\nHe challenged that there was no corruption case or scandal against him and if anyone has any evidence then he should bring it to fore.
\nImran Khan said that he would personally distribute party tickets in the next elections and no \u201celectable\u201d would be approached this time around. \u201cGiving tickets to allies taught me a lesson that you should not have allies [while forming a government],\u201d he added.
\nHe once again dismissed the military\u2019s claim, saying the establishment came up with three proposals out of which he agreed with holding fresh elections. \u201cHow could I agree with the no-confidence motion and resignation [proposals]? As things started to get better, they conspired against me… I had taken that mafia head on which was involved in raising the prices of commodities,\u201d he added.
\nTalking about his historic visit to Moscow, the former prime minister said that before leaving for Russia, he had called Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa, who he claimed said that we should visit Russia. \u201cWe talked about [during the Russia visit] oil, wheat and gas… Russia was willing to give us oil at 30 per cent cheaper rates… if we did not have an independent foreign policy, this could not have happened but when the country began to prosper economically, the \u2018conspiracy\u2019 happened.
\n\u201cWe were told not to go to Russia and vote against it at the UN but their (West\u2019s) ally India is continuously purchasing oil from Russia,\u201d he added.
\nKhan said that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif was appointing his own people to key positions so that he could \u201cfix the match\u201d. \u201cWhen they play the match they play it by siding with the umpire… I request the nation not to accept them.\u201d
\nTo a question, he admitted that filing a reference against Justice Qazi Faiz Isa was a mistake and his government should not have indulged in \u201cunnecessary\u201d confrontation with the judiciary.
\nThe PTI chief said that Farah Khan, a close friend of his wife Bushra Bibi, had no position of power so how could she get engaged in bribing. \u201cIf anyone has any evidence, bring it forward,\u201d he further said. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Admits filing reference against Justice Isa a mistake ISLAMABAD Former prime minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has said that no future prime minister in Pakistan will be able to withstand US threats if the foreign conspiracy to keep him out of power succeeds. \u201cIt will be bad for the country if the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":255803,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[6030,2833],"class_list":{"0":"post-255793","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-top-news","8":"tag-foreign-conspiracy","9":"tag-imran-khan"},"yoast_head":"\n