Votes are the only way to prevent a “situation similar to that in Sri Lanka.”
According to him, the PDM was dealt a “masterstroke” when the Punjab Assembly was dissolved.
Imran Khan, the chairman of the PTI and a former prime minister of Pakistan, warned on Thursday that the nation might descend into a situation akin to Sri Lanka if “free and fair” elections were not held by the ruling party. Pakistan is currently dealing with a number of issues, including skyrocketing inflation, unemployment, diminishing foreign exchange reserves, and a shortage of essential commodities.
The PTI leader stated that the nation was at a pivotal point in his remarks to leading media in Lahore.
Pakistan is unable to tolerate any election delays. Any compromise on electoral transparency or political engineering will be equivalent to hostility toward the country, he warned.
Elections are the only way to stop Pakistan from becoming like Sri Lanka, he continued.
Imran blamed the current Finance Minister, Ishaq Dar, for the ongoing economic crisis and noted that “voices of split with the (ruling) PML-N could be heard.”
The PTI leader claimed that the PDM-led coalition government had failed on all fronts and had been squandering the resources of the people for its own gain.
He asserted that “only the PTI government can save the nation from difficulties.”
Imran made it clear that the PTI was not considering the possibility of staging street protests in the event that the general election date was not made public.
Due to Sri Lanka’s failure to pay its debts, the economy collapsed, schools were closed indefinitely, and there was a severe lack of basic necessities.
The PTI leader was debating other matters when he highlighted that Punjab Governor Balighur Rehman had “violated” the Constitution by omitting the election date from the summary that was submitted to him following the dissolution of the provincial assembly.
He declared that they would take the Punjab governor’s action to court.
A “masterstroke” against the PDM, he claimed, the dissolution of the Punjab Assembly will be “remembered for decades.”
The leader of the PTI recalled that Chaudhry Nisar had been the first to speak out against the “dynastic politics” of the PML-N.
He argued that Balochistan’s problems could only be solved through political means.
He insisted that even if he was banned, the PTI voting base would not be impacted.
Imran is accused of illegally selling gifts he received from foreign dignitaries and leaders of state during his time as prime minister from 2018 to 2022 in the Toshakhana reference, one of many legal battles he is currently up against.
Another petition asks for the former premier’s exclusion from the legislature for “concealing” the identity of his purported daughter in the nomination paperwork.
The former premier also presided over a PTI parliamentary committee meeting.
Imran emphasised that only a person of “great integrity and clean repute” was qualified to hold the position of acting chief minister for Punjab.
He stated that following discussion with party members, the PTI would submit two names for the position.
Imran urged that the interim government should be established in accordance with the constitution and that the public be immediately granted the right to vote.
The names of Naseer Khan, Naveed Cheema, and Ahmad Nawaz Sukhera were discussed by the parliamentary committee.
Haleem Adil Sheikh, the opposition leader in the Sindh Assembly, visited the PTI chairman at his home in Zaman Park and gave him an update on the political situation in the region.
Sheikh said that the second round of the local government elections in Sindh had been rigged.
He claimed that the PPP “jayalas,” the commissioner, and the police all stamped ballots, calling the ECP’s performance “extremely dismal.”
According to him, the provincial government’s haughtiness toward PTI leaders and workers was on the rise.
Sheikh informed the reporters after his meeting with Imran that the party chairman has received resignation letters from every PTI member of the Sindh Assembly.
These resignations will be conveyed to the speaker of the Sindh Assembly whenever the party chairman deems it necessary, he added.
When the PTI chairman comes to the National Assembly with a two-thirds majority, he claimed, new local body elections will be held across the nation, rejecting the results of the LG elections.
