Imran Khan has given 6 days ultimatum to Pakistan government to announce fresh elections
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- “The government has done everything possible to crush our freedom march,” Imran Khan said at a rally.
- “My message to the imported government is to dissolve the assemblies and announce elections,” he said.
- Khan also asked where in a democracy peaceful protest is not allowed?
Pakistan’s ousted Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday gave the Shahbaz Sharif government a six-day deadline to dissolve provincial assemblies and announce fresh general elections, warning that if the “imported government” fails to do so, he will Will return to the capital. “The Whole Nation”.
Khan addressed a rally of ‘Azadi March’ at Jinnah Avenue on Thursday, where he attacked the government for using “tactics” like raids and arrests to stall his party’s march, even That he thanked the Supreme Court (SC). Taking cognizance of the matter.
He said, “The government tried everything to crush our freedom march, they used tear gas on peaceful protests, our houses were raided and the secrecy of the houses was violated, however, I have given the country slavery.” Seen free from fear.”
“My message to the imported government is to dissolve the assemblies and announce elections, otherwise I will come back to Islamabad after six days,” Geo News quoted him as saying.
Noting that Supreme Court judges had a “huge responsibility”, Khan asked that peaceful protests are not allowed in a democracy and that protesters faced tear gas shells, police raids and arrests.
He said, “I had decided that I will sit here till the government dissolves the legislatures and announces elections, but what I have seen in the last 24 hours, they (government) are bringing the country into chaos. leading away.” It is also trying to create a gulf between the country and the police.
According to the Dawn newspaper report, Khan said that the government would be happy if he would stage a sit-in in Islamabad as it would lead to clashes between the people and the police and the army.
He claimed that five of his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) protesters were killed in clashes following the party’s march, adding that one fell from the Attock bridge amid tear gas shells and the other pushed into the Ravi river. was given.
He said he had also received information that three had been killed in Karachi.
He said, “I am again asking the judiciary to save your FIA (federal investigative agency). In future, no FIA officer will investigate the mighty if he fulfills the same goal of Dr. Rizwan and Asghar.”
The PTI chief said that he and the entire country are looking towards the judiciary after what happened during the last 48 hours.
He said that he has reached Islamabad after a 30-hour journey from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
After announcing his six-day deadline, former prime minister Khan left for the Bani Gala, leaving behind his supporters, who marched for hours in anticipation of a large public gathering and dharna.
Imran Khan’s Azadi March
Khan entered Islamabad in the early hours of Thursday and marched towards D-Chowk, while the federal government authorized the deployment of troops in the red zone to “protect important government buildings”.
Khan, who was ousted last month via a no-confidence motion, apparently lost the military’s backing after refusing to support the appointment of the ISI spy agency chief last year.
He has been claiming that the no-confidence motion against him was the result of a “foreign conspiracy” as his independent foreign policy and money were being diverted from abroad to oust him from power.
He has named the US behind the conspiracy, a charge Washington has denied.
Earlier on Wednesday, police fired tear gas shells and chased down Khan’s supporters, who pelted stones near Punjab’s capital Lahore, injuring several people.
There have also been reports of clashes between the police and Khan’s supporters at several places.
(with inputs from PTI)