Former Prime Minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Friday claimed that former President and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari had plotted to kill him.
Terming it ‘Plan-C’ after two other plans to assassinate him, including Plan B, failed to work in Wazirabad, Imran claimed that a terrorist organization was now involved.
In a televised address on Friday afternoon, Imran claimed that Zardari used money obtained through corruption in Sindh and paid a terrorist organization to plan an attack on his life.
Imran said that he has already recorded a video and given it in safe hands abroad which will be released if he is killed, adding that the video contains the names of the people who killed him. There was a conspiracy to kill.
The former prime minister further said that Asif Zardari was among those whose name was taken.
Treated like traitors.
Imran added that the fascist regimes, comprising their worst enemies, were treating them as traitors rather than political opponents.
He said that the country is currently surrounded by numerous crises.
Yet, instead of letting the people decide who should lead them, the government instead focused on removing him from the picture.
Caretaker Government of Punjab and JIT
The PTI chief once again alleged that caretaker Punjab Chief Minister Mohsin Naqvi appointed anti-PTI police officers to important posts.
Imran said that Naqvi has replaced the top officer of the Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) who replaced the Investigating Officer (IO) of the Joint Investigation Officer (JIT) of the Wazirabad attack.
Appeal for justice from the judiciary
Imran Khan appealed to the judiciary to take decisions to protect the fundamental rights of the people of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and give decisions without any fear or pressure.
He claimed that the current federal government has also tried to put pressure on the country’s judiciary.
He urged Pakistan’s judiciary to take a decision in the country’s ‘election moment’.
Weak economy can lead to costly compromises.
Imran painted a bleak picture of the country’s economy where the Pakistani rupee had depreciated and foreign exchange reserves had fallen to alarming levels, prompting talks of default.
In such a situation, he said that the financing will be done only on those conditions which can have a direct impact on the national security of Pakistan.
“In Sri Lanka and Egypt, when they tried to finance the situation, they were told to cut their military spending in half,” he said.
He said that Pakistan’s national security could also be compromised as the country’s economy collapses while raising taxes to astronomical levels to stabilize the economy.
Imran lamented that the country was being pushed to a tipping point where ‘things could spiral out of control’.
We are being treated like traitors: Imran
Imran lamented that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders Fawad Chaudhry and Azam Swati were treated in a manner usually reserved for hardened criminals and traitors.
But those who raised their voices against the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) government are being treated like this.
He said that 70 FIRs have been registered against him as if he is a traitor.
Pakistani rupee at historic lows
Criticizing the PDM-led federal government, he said that in the first 9 months of the Shehbaz Sharif-led government, the value of the US dollar increased by Rs 84, while it was around Rs 30 in his three-and-a-half years.
He said that the PTI government left the foreign exchange reserves at $16.4 billion which have now reduced to only $3.6 billion.
Addressing the salaried people, Imran said that the ongoing floods have badly affected the salaried class including the labor and middle class due to skyrocketing inflation.
He reiterated that Asif Ali Zardari and Shahbaz Sharif came to power only to end their corruption cases.
Inflation and commodity prices.
Imran, who once famously said in public that it was not his job to monitor the prices of essential commodities amid runaway inflation, predicted that when he left, the consumer price index was at 12 percent and that Example can go up to 35%.
The sensitive price index was 16%, but now it will reach 50%.
Imran said that the price of flour was Rs 60 per kg but now it has reached Rs 160 per kg.
Former Prime Minister Imran Khan said that the PTI government left the country at Rs 16 per unit but now it has reached Rs 36 per unit and with the recent wave of rupee depreciation, the price per unit has gone up to Rs 44 per unit. will reach
However, he admitted that the public had complained about the rise in electricity prices during his tenure as well and refrained from answering whether it had any effect on him though his comments were neutral.
He said that services industry performed well after 17 years during the PTI regime and they managed to create 50 lakh jobs, but due to the wrong policies of Shahbaz Sharif government, today every industry is being severely affected. Is.
He said that people have now seen what Ishaq Dar can do.
