Former Prime Minister Imran Khan has thanked the people for coming out on the streets on his call on Sunday and gave a strong message to opponents and the world that Pakistan and Pakistanis were not slaves to anyone or any country and they were independent nation.
He said he wanted to ask the Pakistanis whether they were independent nation or slaves to international powers.
He said that they did not need any apology from the USA, adding that he would not surrender to anyone and any state.
He said that he would go to every city of the country and create awareness among them about their ego and honour and tell them that they were an independent nation and would not bow down before anyone except Allah.
He expressed these views while addressing a very giant public meeting in Peshawar on Wednesday night. This is the first mass contact campaign from Peshawar after the ouster of Imran Khan as prime minister.
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Imran Khan said that he was imprisoned for the cause of an independent judiciary. He asked the honourable judges to explain why courts opened their doors at midnight prior to his ouster.
Khan said that the Americans have “disrespected” Pakistan by “imposing outlaws” on this nation.
The PTI chairman said, “I challenge to them that they would have never seen the kind of mobility of the public the way I would do.”
“Everyone should know that this is not the Pakistan of the 1970s when the US conspired to remove Zulfikar Ali Bhutto … this is not the same Pakistan. The Pakistan of today is of social media.
“During my 25 years of politics, I have never provoked the public against state institutions or the judiciary because my life and death is in Pakistan. I ask you, what crime had I exactly committed that you opened up the courts at midnight?”
He said that the whole Sharif family was on bail as all of them had looted the country.
He lambasted Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif for launching a crackdown against PTI social activists, adding that Shehbaz could not suppress their voice.
He further said that the sixty millions of Pakistanis have mobile sets so the government could not stop them from raising their voices.
he told about the “threat letter”, noting that if Imran Khan were removed, the situation would be better for Pakistan otherwise not.
Whenever a prime minister of Pakistan was removed, people used to distribute sweets. But I am thankful to God that I was removed and you all came and gave me such respect, Mr. Khan observed.
He maintained that he would not accept this imported government because it had been established on the base of conspiracy.
The former prime minister asked security institutions if the country’s nuclear assets would be safe under the leadership of the Sharifs-led government.
He said that he would not allow a second NRO to Nawaz Sharif, adding that he would chase Nawaz Sharif till the end and would not leave him.
Earlier, speaking to the public gathering, Former Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said that when Shehbaz Sharif took the oath, Narender Modi was the first foreign personality, who congratulated him because they had common interests.
He asserted that all other political parties have united against Imran Khan because they feared of accountability.
He further said that Imran Khan and PTI would never bow down before any power and fight to the last ball.
The former prime minister said that the PTI would get the general elections held forcibly.
He said Nawaz Sharif invited the killers of Kashmiris to Pakistan who attended their family marriage in Lahore without a visa.
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Qureshi said all the corrupts have united against Imran Khan. Criticising MQM-P, he said that Muttahida leaders lashed out at PPP’s Sindh government for depriving the rights of Urban areas of the province for three and half years and later on joined them in the wee hours.
On ‘threatening letter’, Shah Mahmood Qureshi said Chief Justice of Pakistan Umar Ata Bandial should form a commission to unveil the facts.
He added that the opposition parties had been demanding fresh elections for three and half years but now they were running from the elections when Imran Khan had announced the elections.
Former Defence Minister Pervaiz Khattak claimed that why the USA turned against Imran Khan because the prime minister of Pakistan had refused to give Pakistan land to it and said to it “Absolute Not”.
National Assembly Deputy Speaker Qasim Suri said that Prime Minister Imran Khan has fought the case of Islam and Pakistan at every international forums, adding that he himself saw the letter, in which threatening language was used against Imran Khan.
He urged the youth of Pakistan to stand by Imran Khan in this difficult time.
Former Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed addressing the crowd said that he came this ground in 1970 but the crowd was ten time less than this charged gathering. He further said that they (allied government) would now impeach the President of Pakistan.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Chief Minister Mahmood Khan said that KP province and its people will not accept this imported government, adding that Imran Khan is their prime minister and will always be their prime minister.
