Imran Khan, the former prime minister and current chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, said on Thursday that he was planning a “big show” this time and that he was appealing to the public to be a part of it.
In an address to the Islamabad High Court Bar Association (IHCBA), he refused to elaborate on what he meant by a “big show.”
He went on to say that bowing to US pressure meant bracing oneself for the superpower’s ‘Do More’ mantra.
Even the National Security Committee (NSC), he claimed, had admitted that the letter from the United States was an “interference” in the country’s internal affairs.
The PTI chairman went on to say that when he and his finance minister, Shaukat Tarin, tried to persuade the country’s “neutrals” (the military establishment) that the country couldn’t afford destabilization at this point and that they should act to prevent this foreign “conspiracy” from succeeding, they were ignored.
The ‘imported’ government, Imran claimed, was planning to rig the next general elections.
As a result of the conspiracy, he bemoaned the fact that the most corrupt people were forced to sit at the top.
The former prime minister again demanded an impartial inquiry by the Supreme Court (SC) into the ‘threatening letter’ sent by a US bureaucrat.
He was of the view that there was no rule of law in the country as all the institutions tasked with ensuring the writ of the state were in danger.
He further said that ever since the imported government had taken over, the country’s economy was in jeopardy. “This government is not focusing on the economy, but on getting ‘NRO-II’,” he said in a reference to attempts by some people in the government to get their cases waived off.
The situation has now deteriorated to the point where those whose names had appeared in corruption cases have been assigned to guard the country’s wealth, according to Imran.
The PTI chairman also inquired as to what the American embassy officials did with Pakistani politicians, noting that they met with them frequently before voting on the no-confidence motion against him.
