LAHORE -UNS: Former Prime Minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan asked on Tuesday the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) to explain away possible delay in Punjab Assembly elections.
Addressing a speech via video link, Khan commended the Supreme Court’s (SC) verdict regarding the holding of the Punjab Assembly elections on May 14. He said, “We need to celebrate the SC’s verdict. Today marks a victory for the constitution”.
Claiming that his party was “subjected to torture”, Khan said, “None of the political parties witnessed such torture as we did. Even now, 3,100 of the PTI workers are in jail.”
Firing a fresh salvo at the Sharif family,Khan said, “The Sharif family is widely responsible for dividing the judiciary. They stand against those courts, that delivered verdicts against their will”.
He said, “I heard that the government has now started to talk about not accepting the SC’s verdict. Even if we tweet, our companions have to face imprisonment. But the government is openly targeting the judges.”
Lamenting that it was unfortunate that the country’s law could not “bludgeon” the powerful, Mr Khan said, “The meaning of justice is that in connection with the law both the powerful and weaker are equal.”
Expressing his reservations over the inflation, Khan said, “Today the country is witnessing record inflation. When we left, the inflation rate was 12 per cent, but now it reached 36 per cent. Even the agricultural production of the country is declining on a persistent basis.”
