Last year on the 25th of May commenced our descent into fascism: Imran Khan

LAHORE, May 25 (SABAH): Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman and former prime minister Imran Khan has said that last year on the 25th of May commenced our descent into fascism. While three long marches by PDM during the 3.5 years of PTI government were allowed without any hindrance, we faced the full force of state terror.

In a statement issued on twitter on Thursday, Imran Khan said that houses broken in the middle of the night and PTI office bearers and workers kidnapped. And then whoever got to Islamabad faced tear gas, rubber bullets and police brutality, he said.

Imran Khan said that some of us thought it was one off but that was just the beginning. Today the largest and the only Federal party is facing the full fury of state power without any accountability. Over 10,000 PTI workers and supporters in jail including senior leadership and some facing custodial torture, he said.

Imran Khans aid that on the pretext of arson on 9th May (condemned by the entire PTI leadership) the state is trying to dismantle the party including “forced divorces” and trying PTI members in military courts. He said that those in PDM and the journalist community who are cheerleaders for this yazeediyat should know that this is not dismantling PTI but our democracy i.e. our freedom.

However this attempt to enslave us will fail as we have a politically aware young population who despite media being muzzled gets its information from Social Media, Imran Khan concluded the statement.