LAHORE
\nFormer prime minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has alleged that former president and Pakistan People\u2019s Party (PPP) co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari was among four people who were planning to kill him.
\nAccording to details, the former premier made these remarks while addressing a press conference over the country\u2019s economic situation, predicting \u2018more economic challenges\u2019 in days to come. Imran Khan accused PPP co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari of being involved in the assassination attempt, saying that the former president was among four people who were planning to kill him.
\nTerming it as \u2018Plan-C\u2019 after two other plans to have him assassinated, including Plan-B which failed to do the job in Wazirabad, Imran claimed that a terrorist organization has now been engaged. \u201cAsif Zardari has given Sindh government\u2019s money to a terrorist organization to assassinate me,\u201d the PTI chief alleged, adding that they were using Sindh government\u2019s \u2018looted money\u2019 against him.
\nHe further said, \u201cThey think that the only way to get me out of the way is actually to eliminate,\u201d believing that efforts were underway to save those \u2018four people\u2019. Earlier in the day, Awami Muslim League (AML) chief Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed claimed that former president Asif Ali Zardari has hired a \u201cgroup of terrorists\u201d to target PTI Chairman Imran Khan.
\n\u201cAsif Ali Zardari is planning to target Imran Khan,\u201d he claimed, adding that plans were being made to \u201cassassinate\u201d former prime minister Imran Khan. Imran said that he had already recorded a video and placed it in safe hands abroad which would be released in the event he is killed, adding that the video includes names of individuals who plotted to kill him.
\nThe former prime minister added that Zardari was among those whom he had named. It is pertinent to mention here that Imran Khan and several other PTI leaders were wounded in an assassination attempt after a man opened fire near the PTI reception camp in Wazirabad during party\u2019s long march.
\nSpeaking of the Wazirabad attack, the former premier said he already knew about the bid to assassinate him. \u201cI informed the public about the attempt and a recorded video, which consists the names of all those who conspired against me,\u201d he said.
\n\u201cThey backtracked from their attempt and went for a Plan B \u2013 in which they tried to kill me in the name of religious extremism,\u201d he said, adding that that plan also failed. Imran Khan also criticized the federal government for treating his party leaders as traitors, saying that the \u2018fascist governments\u2019 comprised of their worst enemies were treating them as traitors rather than political opponents.
\nHe regretted that PTI leaders Fawad Chaudhary and Azam Swati had been subjected to treatment which is usually reserved for hardened criminals and traitors. \u201cSuch a treatment was being meted out to those who are raising their voice against the incumbent rulers,\u201d he claimed, adding that almost 70 first information reports (FIRs) have been lodged against him as if he was some traitor.
\nThe PTI Chairman lambasted the government over country\u2019s economic situation, where the value of the Pakistani rupee had plummeted while the foreign exchange reserves had also fallen to dangerous levels.
\nImran noted that in such a situation, financing will only be offered on terms which could have a direct impact on Pakistan\u2019s national security. \u201cIn Sri Lanka and Egypt, when they sought financing in such a situation, they were told to cut their military expenses by half,\u201d he said.
\nThe former premier noted that Pakistan\u2019s national security too could be compromised as the country\u2019s economy falters while raising taxes to astronomical levels in a bid to stabilize the economy. He regretted that the US dollar gained Rs84 in the first nine months of Shehbaz Sharif led government compared to around Rs30 in his three and a half years.
\n\u201cPTI government left the foreign reserves at $16.4 billion which has now fallen to just $3.6 billion,\u201d he noted. Imran Khan further claimed that the Consumer Price Index was 12% when he left and could rise to an unprecedented 35%. The Sensitive Price Index was 16%, but now it would reach to up to 50%.
\nHe said services industry performed well after 17 years under the PTI regime and that they managed to create 5 million jobs, but every single industry was being hit hard today due to the misaligned policies of the Shehbaz Sharif government.
\nThe PTI chief again alleged that Punjab caretaker Chief Minister Mohsin Naqvi appointed anti-PTI Police officials on key positions. He said Naqvi has changed the top boss of Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) who then change the Investigation Officer (IO) of the Joint Investigation Officer (JIT) of the Wazirabad attack.
\nImran Khan appealed judiciary to take decision to safeguard the fundamental rights of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) people and give verdicts without having any fear or pressure. He claimed current federal government has also tried to pressurize country\u2019s judiciary. He urged judiciary of Pakistan to take decision in the \u2019defining moment\u2019 of the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
LAHORE Former prime minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has alleged that former president and Pakistan People\u2019s Party (PPP) co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari was among four people who were planning to kill him. According to details, the former premier made these remarks while addressing a press conference over the country\u2019s economic situation, predicting […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":310145,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-310123","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"\n