PESHAWAR: Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and former Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that he will carry on with the party’s ‘Azadi March’ despite the government’s decision to stop the long march towards Islamabad.
Addressing a press conference along with other PTI leaders, Imran Khan said that he will lead the biggest procession in Pakistan’s history tomorrow (Wednesday).
Imran said that this was a “defining moment for the country” which would decide the kind of Pakistan people want to live in.
He said that there was no difference between the “fascist government” and the military dictators of the past as both used the same tactics.
Former prime minister said that during the PTI government’s tenure, the then opposition was allowed to stage protests and long marches several times.
“They marched several times with the purpose of ousting the government but did we resort to these methods?”
PTI Chairman criticized the government for conducting late-night raids in Lahore and questioned why the government was suddenly resorting to such tactics, calling on them to highlight any instance in the past where he had ever broken the law.
The PTI chairman said that the country was looking towards the judiciary, telling them that this was their “trial”. “The country is going to look at your decisions,” he said.
He went on to say that the PTI had a right to stage a protest against the “imported conspiracy”.
Addressing the judiciary, he asked whether it would allow such harassment and raids to take place. “If you allow this, then the credibility of the judiciary will cease to exist. It would mean that there is no democracy in Pakistan.”
In case of chaos and destruction in the country, ‘neutrals’ will also be responsible, Imran Khan was quoted as saying.
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