Imran Khan claims that the Shehbaz Sharif-led govt plans to humiliate him by putting his wife Bushra Bibi in jail
LAHORE, May 15 (SABAH): Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman and former prime minister Imran Khan on Monday accused the ruling alliance of arresting him again, claiming that they will “use some sedition law to keep me inside for next 10 years under the London Plan.”
The former prime minister, who was released on bail last week after hours-long drama, further claimed that the Shehbaz Sharif-led government also plans to humiliate him by putting his wife Bushra Bibi in jail.
“Using pretext of violence while I was inside the jail, they have assumed the role of judge, jury and executioner,” Imran Khan wrote in a series of tweets assailing the ruling Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) alliance for their campaign against Chief Justice of Pakistan Umar Ata Bandial.
Terming it a “drama”, Imran Khan wrote: “The JUI-F drama being done outside the SC is only for one purpose, to overawe the Chief Justice of Pakistan so that he doesn’t give a verdict according to the Constitution.”
Imran Khan claimed that the coalition government will once again suspend internet services and ban social media.
The former premier accused the authorities concerned of violating basic human rights. “Never has the sanctity of chadar and chaar dewaari been violated the way it is being done by these criminals. This is a deliberate attempt to instill so much fear in people that when they come to arrest me tomorrow, people won’t come out.”
The government has launched a massive crackdown against the party and arrested several senior leaders, including Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Asad Umar, Fawad Chaudhry, Mussarat Cheema, Shireen Mazari, etc.
Referring to the incidents, Imran Khan said: “Then will follow a complete crackdown on whatever is left of PTI leadership and workers. And finally, they will ban the largest and only federal party of Pakistan. (Just as they banned the Awami League in East Pakistan).”
“To ensure there’s no public relation, they have done two things, first deliberate terror is unleashed not just on PTI workers but on common citizens as well. Second, the media is totally controlled and muzzled,” he claimed.
“My message to the people of Pakistan; I will fight for Haqeeqi Azaadi till the last drop of my blood because for me death is preferable than to be enslaved by these assortment of crooks,” Imran Khan said, urging the people to remember that they have pledged La Illah Ha Illalah, (that we bow to no one except the One (Allah).
“If we bow to the idol of fear there will only be humiliation and dismemberment for our future generations. Countries where there is injustice and the law of the jungle prevails, don’t survive for long,” he warned.