PTI chief says party would rather sit in opposition than to form coalition government
\nIslamabad
\nPTI founding chairman and former prime minister Imran Khan said on Friday that a \u201cdirty election\u201d would create more instability in the country, saying that his party would rather sit in opposition than form a coalition government.
\nThe incarcerated ex-premier\u2019s remarks came during an informal conversation with the media at Adiala jail.
\nImran claimed that 90 per cent of soldiers will be voting for his party come February 8. Referring to former army chief Gen (retd) Qamar Javed Bajwa – who Imran accuses of \u2018orchestrating\u2019 his ouster – the PTI leader said that the former spy chief, in a meeting at The President\u2019s Secretariat said \u201cthe entire army was with you\u201d.
\nHe added that Bajwa\u2019s decisions \u201cruined Pakistan\u201d. However, Imran clarified that the entire institution cannot be blamed for what happened.
\nHe said the current objective is to bring \u201cincompetents\u201d to power, \u201cto have a parliament that can be easily controlled\u201d.
\n\u201cI have been saying since March 19, 2023, that there is no solution except holding free and fair elections,\u201d the former premier reiterated. \u201cMy first mistake was to form the government. I should have gone for re-elections,\u201d he said, adding that \u201cextending Gen (retd) Bajwa\u2019s tenure was my second mistake\u201d.
\nHe said it would rather be useful for the party to sit in the opposition than make a coalition government. \u201cA dirty election will create more instability in the country,\u201d Imran said. He added that reforms were needed to reduce economic deficit and for rule of law.
\nImran criticised Nawaz for contesting in the upcoming elections and questioned the PML-N\u2019s performance during its 16 months in power. The PTI chief elaborated that during the tenure of Nawaz\u2019s younger brother, Shehbaz Sharif, the economy suffered immeasurably, around 1.5 million professionals left the country and Pakistan\u2019s external deficit increased manifold.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
PTI chief says party would rather sit in opposition than to form coalition government Islamabad PTI founding chairman and former prime minister Imran Khan said on Friday that a \u201cdirty election\u201d would create more instability in the country, saying that his party would rather sit in opposition than form a coalition government. The incarcerated ex-premier\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-381811","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"\n