- He said economic crisis would exacerbate, if govt stayed
- He said coalition parties had no case to disqualify him
- “I am appearing before courts to fight all cases,” he said.
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Thursday said Sri Lanka-like circumstances might emerge in Pakistan, if the government did not hold timely elections, Bol News reported.
In an interview with BBC, Imran Khan said the economic crisis could be dealt through free and fair elections only. He said the economic crisis would exacerbate, if the ruling government stayed more in the power.
“If elections are not held soon then we will go into the masses and hold rallies and protests. This is the way of political parties,” he said.
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He said the coalition parties had no case to disqualify him. They were filing new references against him every other day, so that they could disqualify him, he said.
“I am appearing before courts to fight all the cases,” he said.
When Imran Khan was asked, who would run the party, if he was disqualified, he replied that he would take a decision only when such a situation would emerge.
He said even if he did not consider himself safe, but there was no question that he would stay at home.
Meanwhile, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Thursday decided to issue the notification of PTI Chief Imran Khan as successful on seven National Assembly (NA) constituencies.
The commission reserved the verdict on December 20 and while pronouncing it today the commission maintained that Imran Khan has submitted the details of electoral expenses and decided to notify him.
The five-member bench of the electoral commission has announced the decision in the case that was registered against Khan for not submitting the details of the expenses.
The decision said that Imran Khan remained victorious on NA-22 Mardan, NA-24 Charsadda, NA-31 Peshawar, NA-108 Faisalabad, NA-118 Nankana, NA-45 Kurram, and NA-239 Korangi.
Earlier, ECP decided to take strict action against Chairman PTI for not providing details of by-elections expenses.
