ISLAMABAD: Challenging Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif again to a live TV debate, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan (pictured) said Sharif should not fear the confrontation if he is a true leader.
“Geedar (jackal) cannot be a leader,” Imran said.
Khan was speaking to a gathering in Bahawalpur along with Nawab Salahuddin Abbasi, former Nawab of the Bahawalpur state.
The PTI chairman further said that he would like to ask the PML-N head, if there is a TV debate, why his party, despite ruling Punjab for five years, failed to restructure the police force, bring the local government system and produce energy for the province.
Taliking about the issue of new provinces in Pakistan, Khan said the country needs more provinces and that his party will create them. But, he added, the decision must be taken with great care.
The PTI chairman has been touring parts of Punjab during his election campaign.
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) took notice of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chief Imran Khan’s ‘personal attack’ against Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N).
Earlier in the day, Khan had addressed a rally in Bahawalpur, where he used words for Nawaz Sharif that the ECP found objectionable.
The entire speech will be put before the ECP Chief Fakhruddin Ebrahim in a meeting tomorrow, where it will be evaluated. On Friday, ECP had issued a notification prohibiting political parties and their candidates from launching personal attacks against their opponents.
With the election campaign in full swing and parties holding rallies, candidates were seen criticising each other and often resorting to name-calling and rhetoric that could be construed as slander.
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