Swabi: Imran Khan says 'nation will never accept govt of slaves', demands elections

SWABI: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has said that the nation will never accept the government of thieves and slaves and reiterated the demand for fresh elections in the country.

Imran Khan, while addressing the PTI public gathering in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s (KP) Swabi city today, said that they wanted to let the nation elect their rulers for the country. “We will never accept these thieves and slaves at any cost and we only want elections.”

The PTI chairman addressed another public gathering in Swabi today in continuation of his movement against the present government.

In his opening remarks, Imran Khan said that he wants to see Swabi people in Islamabad following his call for a long march to get real independence. He said that nobody gives respect to the slaves.

He said that 80,000 Pakistanis, mostly from tribal areas, lost their lives in the US-led war on terror after 9/11, whereas, 3.5 million people were displaced. Instead of acknowledging Pakistanis’ sacrifices, the United States (US) blamed the country for its defeat in the Afghanistan war.

“An imported government is imposed on Pakistan via a foreign and internal conspiracy. We will never accept these American slaves. We have to go to Islamabad to give a clear message to this imported government.”

“Whoever imposed the imported government here, we have to give them a clear message that we are an independent nation.”

Imran Khan said that Asif Ali Zardari and Nawaz Sharif had ruled the country for 10 years from 2008 to 2018 while Maulana Fazlur Rehman also backed their governments. During their tenures, 400 drone strikes had been carried out in the tribal areas in which several women and children lost their lives.

He censured that Zardari and Sharif had never raised voices against the US drone strikes in Pakistan. ‘These families have been imposed again on Pakistan as they are slaves whose assets are in the US and London. They are imposed after witnessing that Imran Khan will never give military bases to them.”

“We have to take to the streets for getting the real independence for our country.”

Imran Khan said that a country will see disasters if its institutions are destroyed. He said that the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) is being destroyed by the current rulers after its officers traced the money laundering case against Shehbaz Sharif.

The former prime minister said that an FIA officer Dr Rizwan passed away after cardiac arrest while another officer is fighting for life due to a heart attack. FIA is facing destruction as a ‘murderer’ was given the responsibility to supervise it. “FIA is facing the same phase which Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) had done with Karachi police officers who took part in the operation.”

He said that the current prime minister Shehbaz Sharif and his son are facing Rs40 billion corruption cases while his brother, Nawaz Sharif is absconding and residing in London.

“We will never accept these thieves and slaves as our rulers and we want elections. We want to let nation choose their rulers and we don’t accept this imported government.”

He praised the KP people for backing his political party and showing allegiance to PTI.