Haripur: Former Premier and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan said that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, along with 40 other "thieves", had gone to Qatar for "begging".

"No one will give them money as everyone knows that they-incumbent rulers are thieves. We have to free Pakistan from these thieves," he said while addressing a rally in Haripur, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. Imran said that Pakistan was defamed for registering a case with terrorism charges against him. "Imported government has planned to arrest me as if I were a major terrorist."

He said that Indian government never makes a decision where it sacrifices lives of its citizens for someone else. "We lost lives of 80,000 Pakistanis for participating in American war. We will not sacrifice our people for any country for sake of our foreign policy." PTI Chief said that when his government tried to buy cheap oil from Russia, they were removed from power via a conspiracy and an "imported government" was imposed upon nation.

"Nation will never accept them and I will stand for rights of my nation," he added. He said that PTI leader Shahbaz Gill left his job in US and came to Pakistan but he was sent to jail. "What did I say that cases were registered against me," he questioned.

He said that PTI was not against institutions. "We have only one demand and that is to conduct free and transparent elections in country." Imran said that he is preparing people from all over country to protest, urging everyone to wait for his call.

Published in The Daily National Courier, August, 25 2022

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