Imran Khan, the former prime minister of Pakistan and chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), has accused the current government of trying to send him to jail. Through this, Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif aims to curb the anti-government protests across Pakistan. News from NDTV and Dawn.
Imran Khan held a meeting with his party's lawyers in the capital Islamabad on Tuesday. At this time he complained. He said, "The Shahbaz Sharif government is determined to suppress the ongoing protests. They want to send me to jail for this.
However, Imran Khan has vowed to continue his anti-government protests despite obstacles. He said that the protest called for early elections was for the real freedom of the people. The protest will continue.
Dawn reports that Imran Khan has called for the largest protest in Pakistan's history. "We want to take the ongoing protests to the next level," he told a meeting of the PTI's National Council in Islamabad on Wednesday. The announcement of the big program will come in the next few days. We will hold the biggest protest in the history of Pakistan. No one can suppress. Because it is our right.
Calling on the party workers to be ready for the protest, Imran Khan said, "I am telling everyone to be ready. Once the petitions in the Supreme Court are disposed of, I will announce the date of the biggest protest in the history of the country.
Imran Khan was ousted by a no-confidence vote in Pakistan's National Assembly in April. He alleged that he had been removed from the post of Prime Minister due to domestic and foreign conspiracies. His party, the PTI, held a 'freedom march' in Islamabad on May 25 after rallies in various areas demanding a new election date.
PTI leaders and activists clashed with security forces in some places after being barred from entering the capital. The next morning, announcing the election date, Imran Khan gave a six-day ultimatum to the government and abruptly announced the end of the 'Independence March'. He claimed that he had taken such a decision to avoid 'bloodshed'.
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