General elections likely to be held during March or April of coming year: Imran Khan

LAHORE, Dec 24 (SABAH): Former prime minister and Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan on Saturday leveled fresh allegations against former army chief Qamar Javed Bajwa and claimed the retired general had ‘made a deal’ with Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari and Chief Minister Sindh Murad Ali Shah. He said that general elections will be held during March or April 2023.

Talking to senior journalists in Lahore, Imran Khan said that during the past year, he found out that Gen (retd) Bajwa ‘does not want accountability’.

He further claimed that the former army chief probably thought that PTI’s popularity would see a decline but that did not happen, adding that if a right army chief was present, his government would have cleaned the country.

While predicting that elections will be held in March or April of the coming year, the former premier said that they are making an alliance with Pakistan Muslim League-Q (PML-Q) because they have supported PTI.

“I will not hurt people’s trust for the sake of power and will not make any compromise the hope of the people to come into the government,” added the PTI chief.

Talking about party funding, he alleged that PPP and PML-N have no receipt of funding, while the PTI has a database of 40,000 donors.