\u2013Says sniper tried to assassinate him
\n LAHORE
\nPakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman and former prime minister Imran Khan on Thursday berated the incumbent government, saying that the rulers are nervous about the appointment of the Army Chief.
\nSpeaking to a delegation of journalists at his residence in Zaman Park, the PTI chief said that there were differences with the establishment for not removing Usman Buzdar from the post of the Punjab chief minister, adding that the establishment and the government were on the same page on the matters of foreign policy. The PTI chief said that the differences occurred after his [return] from Russia.
\nImran Khan has said that a Joint Investigation Team (JIT) has formally started the investigation into the assassination attempt on him in Wazirabad, ARY News reported.
\nThe PTI chief was injured during a gun attack while leading the party\u2019s long march in Punjab\u2019s Wazirabad on November 3. A PTI supporter, Moazzam Nawaz, was killed in the incident while 14 others, including the former premier, were wounded.
\nThe former premier claimed that two shooters had tried to assassinate him in the city of Wazirabad including the sniper who shot him in the leg. \u201cI am 100% sure that sniper was hired to assassinate me in Wazirabad,\u201d Imran Khan claimed, adding that CM Pervaiz Elahi was not responsible FIR registration issue in the attack case.
\nHe went on to say only early elections could avert the country\u2019s looming \u201ceconomic collapse\u201d. Meanwhile, in an interview with FRANCE 24 today, Khan said that he was convinced that the recent attack on him was an assassination plot hatched by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah. He claimed that the suspect arrested was merely a decoy and that there was another gunman at the rally in the eastern city of Wazirabad.
\nThe former premier said he feared further attempts on his life but vowed to rejoin the anti-government march. He said he would take \u201cmore precautions\u201d but vowed to carry on regardless of the risks, insisting that the protest march would remain peaceful.
\n\u201cThey think that the only way to get me out of the way is actually [to] eliminate me. So I think that there is a threat, still.\u201d
\nGiving his take on the country\u2019s economy, Imran said that the fear of Pakistan\u2019s default increases because the economy cannot be put on the right track due to political instability, but the only entity on which Pakistan\u2019s economy is heavily dependent is the Overseas Pakistanis.
\nAddressing the long march participants in Jehlum, Khushab, Peshawar and Chakdara through video link, Imran Khan claimed that the rulers will once again go into self-imposed exile.
\nHe said that the debt default risk has reached 80 percent today which means Pakistan couldn\u2019t be able to pay its installments. He said the country\u2019s imports have declined drastically, while the income of the country is declining and the debts are increasing and to pay debt installments, the rulers will have to take more loans from other countries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u2013Says sniper tried to assassinate him LAHORE Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman and former prime minister Imran Khan on Thursday berated the incumbent government, saying that the rulers are nervous about the appointment of the Army Chief. Speaking to a delegation of journalists at his residence in Zaman Park, the PTI chief said that there were […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":288250,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2833],"class_list":{"0":"post-295808","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-top-news","8":"tag-imran-khan"},"yoast_head":"\n