KARACHI: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) and Pakistan Muslim League-Q (PML-Q) are in talks to fight the next general elections on the same symbol, PTI Chairman Imran Khan has said.<\/p>\n
In an interview with the GNN TV channel that aired on Monday, the PTI chairman said he has also recommended that PML-Q merge with the PTI.<\/p>\n
Calling the coalition politics \u201ctough,\u201d he said partners use the leverage to extract benefits from the government.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s why we are trying to fight the election on one symbol.\u201d<\/p>\n
Talking about the ex-COAS Imran Khan Said :<\/strong><\/p>\n Mr Khan continued to level accusations against former army chief General Qamar Jawed Bajwa and said he completely changed after getting the extension in 2019.<\/p>\n Talking about the change in Gen Bajwa\u2019s views, Mr Khan claimed that the former COAS used to \u201cgive indication\u201d that he was against opposition leaders and even called them corrupt.<\/p>\n \u201cAfter that [extension] \u2026 he started saying to focus on the economy and forget accountability,\u201d Mr Khan said, adding that in his view, the ex-COAS didn\u2019t think corruption was bad.<\/p>\n Mr Khan also accused the retired general of hiring ex-ambassador to the US Husain Haqqani to campaign against him in Washington.<\/p>\n \u201cA whole campaign was carried out that Imran Khan was anti-US and he [Gen Bajwa] was pro-US,\u201d he said while accusing Mr Haqqani.<\/p>\n He added his government had no idea and the ex-ambassador was hired bypassing the foreign office in Aug 2021.<\/p>\n \u201cThe regime change conspiracy didn\u2019t start with Donald Lu. It started with [Husain] Haqqani.\u201d<\/p>\n On the results of the 2018 general elections where the PTI emerged as the majority party, Mr Khan claimed his party had won more seats than the final tally showed.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen I see it now, it becomes clear that Bajwa doctrine was to not allow anyone to strengthen so much that they can\u2019t be controlled,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Talking about the current political situation, he claimed a \u201cgame\u201d is still being played to stop him from coming back to power \u201cby all means\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cEven if you stop Imran Khan [from coming to power], how will you fix the issues faced by the country?\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n Mr Khan said the country will have no future unless the establishment decided to hold free and fair elections and back a government with the mandate of the people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" KARACHI: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) and Pakistan Muslim League-Q (PML-Q) are in talks to fight the next general elections on the same symbol, PTI Chairman Imran Khan has said. In an interview with the GNN TV channel that aired on Monday, the PTI chairman said he has also recommended that PML-Q merge with the PTI. Calling […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":305229,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-305213","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"\n