Imran Khan ties Jail Bharo movement to delay in KP, Punjab polls

Imran Khan ties Jail Bharo movement to delay in KP, Punjab polls. Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan Monday warned that his party would kickstart the Jail Bharo movement if elections were not held within 90 days.

“Not announcing the election schedule is a direct violation of the Constitution. It is clearly stated that polls should be held in 90 days,” he said during a video message, as Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa await polls following their dissolution last month.

“If the elections are not held within 90 days, we will start the Jail Bharo movement,” Khan said.

Gearing up his workers for his party’s new campaign to pressurise the Pakistan Democratic Movement-led government in the centre, the PTI chief urged them to register themselves with PTI’s district presidents, so that the movement can be started in cities across Pakistan.

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“I want the volunteers to get their registration first and then I’ll announce the date on which we will begin the Jail Bharo movement. This will happen in a few days which is why I want volunteers to come forward,”

He added that through this campaign, his party will be able to acquire “haqeeqi azadi (true freedom)” and true democracy.

Khan, in his address, said the economic crisis in Pakistan at present is unprecedented. He added that common people have never witnessed the extent of inflation and unemployment which the country is currently going through.

“Considering how terrible the country’s economic situation is and because we have never resorted to disruption in our 26 years of politics, the Jail Bharo movement is a peaceful way to protest [against it],” the PTI chief said.