Gujranwala: PTI Chairperson Imran Khan has said that his movement for ‘haqeeqi azadi’ will continue for next 10 months as he resumed party’s long march from Gujranwala on Day 6.

“Nobody should think our movement will end in Islamabad, it will continue for next 10 months until we don’t have elections,” former premier said while addressing long march participants.

Imran also asserted that he would not accept incumbent government “at any cost” and would rather die than “bow down before these thieves [ruling parties]”. “I have reached to this point after a struggle of 26 years in politics but all other politicians were born in ‘military nursery’. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was Ayub Khan’s minister for eight years and Nawaz Sharif became prime minister of country while installing iron bars in house of General Jilani,” he added.

Imran raised question that who wanted to silence slain journalist Arshad Sharif, saying who is threatening journalist community of country.

Imran said that he tried his best to punish “thieves” who had looted country for 30 years but there were some “secret hands” that managed to save culprits. “We could not do anything because NAB was not in my hands. Those who were controlling NAB saved these thieves,” he added.

PTI Chief said that if Army has decided to stay neutral then who is stopping them from holding transparent elections in country?

He said people of Pakistan need to “stand up for their rights”. “Justice is only given in human society and you will have to support me. It is better to die than be a slave,” PTI Chairperson said. He questioned deaths of officers investigating corruption cases against Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, saying “all officers died one after another”.

“No one asked how they all died of a sudden and then Imran Raza, another officer conducting inquiry, died later.” Reiterating that system “cannot be fixed until powerful are brought under law”, Imran claimed “hidden hands” were helping so incumbent government’s leadership does not get arrested. He lamented that Pakistan’s biggest issue is that corrupt people get into leadership without any accountability. Following speech, Senator Faisal Javed asked masses to take party’s oath.

Published in The Daily National Courier, November, 03 2022

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