Former Prime Minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has said that he had not contacted Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari ahead of no-trust motion or an “alleged patch-up.

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He made this revelation while speaking to digital media representatives in Peshawar on Tuesday.

Khan denied contacting with Zardari during the no-trust motion, adding that he had been saying for the last 26 years that the PPP and PML-N were the same.

He further said that he had not made a deal with anyone to call off the Long March.

The former prime minister maintained that if they went back to the National Assembly, it would mean accepting this imported government, adding that they had resigned from the assembly and there was no need for them to verify the resignations.

Imran talking about the matter of Israel recalled that when he was in power, there was a lot of pressure to recognise Israel as a sovereign state. “We received a message that you should think about the country,” Khan said.

However, he did not reveal the name of the person who sent the message, the PTI chairman said that a United States’ influenced body wants Pakistan to recognize Israel.

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