Imran Khan
Back off or we march on Islamabad: Imran Khan warns Sharif-led govt
Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan has warned the Shehbaz Sharif-led coalition government that he would march to Islamabad if it “continued to torture” his party’s leaders and workers.
Khan was ousted from power earlier this year after a no-confidence vote was passed against him.
Sharif replaced him as the PM.
Addressing a public gathering at Gujrat’s Zahoor Elahi Stadium, Khan was quoted as saying by Dawn News that his chief aide Dr Shahbaz Gill was tortured in custody, while in Sindh, 27 FIRs have been launched against Opposition Leader Haleem Adil Sheikh.
Using a cricketing analogy, Khan, under whose leadership Pakistan had won the 1992 Cricket World Cup, said the current political situation was that point of a match where the PDM government cannot win against the power of people.
Rallying the youth to be prepared to join his movement for haqeeqi azadi (real independence), he alleged that the ‘imported government was acting on the instructions of foreign powers’.
Criticising the government, Khan also said that despite oil prices going down in the international market, the “imported government” has increased the price of petrol to Rs236 per litre.
He reiterated that he tried to pursue an independent foreign policy and said “absolutely not” to the US.
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