Former prime minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan on Wednesday claimed that the government has prepared a plan for an operation inside Zaman Park “either today or tomorrow”.
“They have formed two squads that will mingle with PTI workers and shoot at policemen,” Khan – who was ousted by a no-confidence motion in April last year – said from his Lahore office. He told his party workers and supporters through a video link from home that he is recuperating since he was injured in the assassination attack in Wazirabad on November 3, 2022.
He also said that his plan is to kill people like he did in Model Town.
It should be noted that in 2014, 14 people were killed and more than 100 injured in a clash between Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) supporters and the police force. Quran recitation in model town of Lahore.
“I want to tell the Punjab police that five policemen will be killed by their [government],” he claimed, adding that his party was not seeking controversy.
The cricketer-turned-politician urged PTI supporters and activists to avoid getting involved in any controversy “despite their [security forces’] repeated attempts to provoke you all”.
“If he [Zaman Park] comes, my supporters should refrain from reacting immediately…let them come directly to me,” he claimed, claiming that Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) Govt. Murtaza Like Bhutto, she is planning to kill him. who was killed by the police in Karachi in September 1996 during the regime of his sister Benazir Bhutto.
Khan expressed regret that a tragedy is happening in the country. Our police and rangers are being pitted against our own citizens. He further said that for their own interests, these people treat the citizens like animals.
‘Unidentified people in uniforms’
Referring to Saturday’s events – when Khan’s home was raided by police while he was in the Islamabad Judicial Complex for his court hearing in the Tosha Khana case – Khan said that as he approached the federal capital, he He thought he would be arrested.
“However, our workers were stopped at various points and separated from the rally,” he said, explaining his earlier claims that there was a plot to kill him.
“Then when we proceeded towards the court, they started pelting us with stones. I stood at the door of the court for more than 40 minutes,” he said, adding that the stage was set for his assassination by isolating him from his supporters.
Accusing them of being “unknown persons” in Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) uniforms, Khan said: “Their plan was to kill me, the same way Murtaza Bhutto was killed.”
He further said that another conspiracy is being prepared.
“They will infiltrate our people and attack the police and attack like the Model Town incident.”
He advised his supporters to refrain from violence, “no matter how much they are provoked”.
The former prime minister, who was ousted from government in April 2022, said he and his supporters were treated “cruelly” to break his resolve.
Blaming the government for the economic crisis facing the country and calling it “thieves” and “traitors”, the ousted prime minister advised his supporters to remain firm against their opponents.
“Even if I go, you will have to stand before them without fear,” he said.
The PTI chief added that at the Minar Pakistan rally – which is now scheduled for Saturday (March 25) – he will present a plan to the nation on how the country can get out of the quagmire it is currently mired in. has happened He said that the whole of Pakistan will see with whom people stand.
Criticizing the present government for calling a joint session of Parliament today (Wednesday), he said that it was a result of their fear of defeat in the elections.
