As the possibility of Imran Khan’s detention is mooted, the former prime minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman has revealed – without revealing key details – that a plan is already in place for his arrest. has been done. Arrest
“If I am arrested, we have a plan ready which will be shared with the nation when the time is right,” he said hours after adjourning his party’s election rally in Lahore on Sunday.
Defending his decision to postpone the rally, Khan said he was horrified by the turnover of PTI supporters and feared bloodshed if everyone walked out.
Earlier today, the PTI chief postponed the party’s election rally in Lahore after the Punjab caretaker government imposed Section 144 (ban on public gatherings) in the provincial capital.
On Saturday, he announced a fresh rally in Lahore today following the imposition of Section 144 in the Punjab capital by the district administration citing concerns over a Pakistan Super League (PSL) match in the city. Banned public gatherings.
While he described the decision to cancel his rally as a move to ensure peace in the country, Muslim League (N) leaders termed him “cowardly”.
Recalling the events that have transpired since his dismissal in April last year, the embattled prime minister asked Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) senior vice-president Maryam Nawaz without naming her if there was any law in the country or her directives. being operated on. of “Queen [Queen]”.
The cricketer-turned-politician clarified that if he and his party members do not agree with the institutions’ actions, it does not mean they are fighting against them.
“I can see that only the judiciary can save the country from the mess it has sunk into,” he said, adding that if the Pakistan Democratic Movement-led government had solved the economic problems, the PTI Patiently waiting for the elections.
At the same time, he criticized the coalition government for transferring Pakistani funds to offshore accounts and questioned how they could solve such economic problems.
The PTI leader reiterated that there is no other way to get the country out of the quagmire except through transparent elections.
However, he claimed that PDM has only one point agenda which is to get rid of the elections somehow.
Khan, who has drawn tens of thousands of people to his rallies in recent months, has encouraged supporters to take to the streets for an election rally. However, concerned authorities are trying to take all precautions to stop the marchers in case of any untoward incident.
The former prime minister called it unfair and said that when Maryam is allowed to hold public meetings, why not PTI?
“Is this a level playing field?” he questioned.
Chairman PTI criticized Maryam Nawaz and said that PML-N is being destroyed because of her. “The PML-N senior leadership will now take orders from this woman who has not worked for an hour,” Khan mocked the party’s chief organizer.
‘Jackal or leader?’
Meanwhile, Maryam called Khan a “jackal” for his decision to postpone the party’s election rally.
“Those who cancel movement and prefer to hide inside their homes for fear of the police are called jackals,” Maryam said on her official Twitter handle.
پولیس کے ڈر سے “تحریکیں”کینسل کرنے والے،خوف سے گھر میں دبک جانے والے کو گیدڑ کہتے ہیں اور جو آمر مشرف کی کھڑی کی ہر رکاوٹ توڑ کر، سامنے سے لیڈ کرتا ہے اور اللّہ کے کرم سے گوجرانوالہ پہنچنے سے پہلے عدلیہ بحال کروا دیتا ہے اس شیر دل لیڈر کو نواز شریف کہتے ہیں! #گیدڑ_پھر_چھپ_گیا pic.twitter.com/kPGZ8CekzS
— Maryam Nawaz Sharif (@MaryamNSharif) March 12, 2023
He wrote that “He who leads from the front, breaks all the barriers created by (former president) Pervez Musharraf and restores the judiciary before reaching Gujranwala is the lion-hearted leader called Nawaz Sharif.”
The PML-N chief party organizer shared a video montage of PML-N supremo Nawaz’s address in 2007 and PTI leader Hamad Azhar’s presser today, in which his father and PTI’s The chief was ousted by a no-confidence motion in April. last year.
