Imran warns that people would take to the streets if their demands are not met. SC orders
Zaman Park hosts an Eid celebration, and the head of the PTI gives a speech there through a video connection.
Imran Khan, leader of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and a former prime minister, has threatened to “bring the nation out on the streets” if the government disobeys the Supreme Court’s instructions over the Punjab elections.
At Zaman Park late on Sunday night, the PTI hosted an event for its employees to commemorate Eid.
The PTI leader voiced concern that the PDM-led government might disobey court decisions while speaking at the occasion via video link.
He threatened to mobilize the populace in the streets if this occurred.
Imran said, “I can contact [the employees] at any moment to have the country ready [for demonstrations].
The former premier emphasized that his campaign for “true freedom” was actually his effort to have “everyone obey the law,” saying that his party supported the rule of law and justice.
“Justice and the establishment of rights are the only ways society can become free,” he claimed.
He said that “these people are slaves to money” and lambasted Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif for “begging” other countries to grant the country financial assistance.
Imran lamented that he was unable to punish the PDM leadership, saying that “if the major thieves are not caught, then the nation faces its downfall.”
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Nevertheless, he ascribed this failure to previous army commander General (retired) Qamar Javed Bajwa.
He said that he was powerless to stop them since General (retired) Bajwa had no problem with corruption.
The PTI leader claimed that “the justice system will have to be amended” in order to get the nation out of its predicament.
He lamented that the PTI employees had “been picked up by security forces,” calling it “the worst example of injustice.”
It should be mentioned that the PTI leader had previously met with the regional party presidents for Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Senior leaders including Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Asad Umar, Shibli Faraz, and Dr. Yasmeen Rashid were also present.
The discussion reportedly covered the party’s strategies for its election campaign in Punjab, according to sources.
Imran instructed his party to be ready for the polls on May 14, as ordered by the court.
Imran’s comments came as the PML-N tried to make contact with the PTI, its arch-rival, after the Supreme Court granted the country’s major political parties a brief reprieve, giving them a week to agree on a date for elections.
The Ministry of Defence had urged the apex court to reconsider its decision on the Punjab elections and requested elections for the provincial assemblies and the National Assembly on the same day in October — the month in which the lower house of parliament will finish its five-year term. The apex court had granted the parties time until after Eid.
