Cricket legend and chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) , Imran Khan (left) addresses supporters during a general election campaign meeting in Murree, yesterday.
LAHORE: The chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Imran Khan, has appealed to terrorists to stop terror activities during upcoming general elections and give him the space to implement his slogan of creating a “new” Pakistan.
He was addressing a press conference after holding a meeting of party candidates from Lahore at the party office yesterday. The meeting also discussed in detail election campaign strategies.
During a meeting, Imran called upon the candidates to mobilise women and Tabdeeli Razarkars (TRs) in the campaign to ensure door-to-door persuasion.
Answering various queries regarding terrorist attacks in different parts of the country, especially in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Baluchistan and Karachi, Khan declared the parties which had remained a part of the war on terror and supported the Americans on drone attacks were now drawing the wrath of the masses for all those misdeeds.
Regardless of the matter, he said, he would also appeal to the incensed people to give him space to bring change and to realise his dream to form a new Pakistan.
In reply to a question about continuing military operations in troubled areas of the country, he said his party believed the military operations were not a solution to the problem.
On a query about allegations levelled by JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman wherein he declared him (Imran) an agent of the Jewish lobby in Pakistan, Khan rebutted the allegation, saying the Maulana was himself a hypocrite, and declared if his association with the Jewish lobby was proved, he would immediately quit politics.
Khan also reiterated that his party would introduce a system based on justice and equality after coming into power and serve the masses in the best possible way.
He also promised that he would bring to an end load shedding in three and half years and control burgeoning inflation, besides providing a good number of jobs to unemployed youth.
He said if PTI came to power, there would be an equivalent system for both the poor and the rich. He stressed that youth could play a vital role in changing the system and they should work for change with PTI in establishing a new Pakistan.
Imran Khan is a contestant on a National Assembly seat from Lahore, NA-122 and Mian Aslam Iqbal was contesting election from provincial seat PP-148 from the same NA constituency, but he did not participate in the meeting due to reported differences with the PTI leadership.
However, Aslam reached the party office very late to join Khan when he was just leaving for his campaign to Mandi Bahaudin and Sargodha districts.
Soon after Aslam reached the office, PTI Lahore President Abdul Aleem Khan expressed his resentment and both the leaders exchanged harsh words that prompted other party workers to intervene to break the ice.
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