LAHORE -UNS: In another startling claim, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Tuesday claimed that many of those who left the party were now lobbying for further breakup.
Addressing a speech via video link, the former PM alleged that many people, including party leaders, were tortured for standing with the party. “Ten thousand people, including workers and our supporters, were put in jails. Not only that, but they tortured many of them,” he added.
Mr Khan said, “Ejaz Chaudhry, Mian Mehmoodur Rasheed were subjected to torture. And then all our leadership is either in jail or people are hiding.” Mr Khan underscored that party leaders are being tortured just because they make a statement that they stand with the party.
Taking a swipe at the political opponents, Mr Khan claimed, “Now the incumbent government is after the ticket holders to somehow separate them from the PTI and many have already happened.”
“There is no example of the kind of pressure being mounted on his party at the moment, except for a few people,” Mr Khan rued.
“A new drama of a new party is being staged and the game is on to take [the PTI] in that direction. The homes of those who are hiding are being attacked and demolished,” he added.
Speaking about the superior judiciary, Mr Khan claimed. “I know that there is a lot of pressure on my superior judiciary. I know that judges are also receiving phone calls from unknown [numbers] and threats”.
Apparently quoting the authorities, he claimed that PTI workers were being threatened that “women will be taken away from their homes.
“They have stooped to this level. No one could imagine stooping to this level in the country’s politics. They (authorities) are afraid to release the women. They know that none of the women were involved in the arson acts.They know that hardly 100 to 150 people will be [involved in rioting]. The rest were protesting peacefully,” Mr Khan asserted.
On Monday, Mr Khan said that the country continues to witness economic woes since the incumbent government came into power.
Taking to Twitter, he said the current fascist government was leaving no stone unturned to oppress the opposition adding even the regimes of martial law were not as oppressive.
