Imran Khan threatens civil disobedience in Pakistan

By IANS,

Islamabad: Tehreek-e-Insaaf chief Imran Khan has threatened to launch a civil disobedience movement “if the incumbent rulers of Pakistan do not mend their ways”.


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Speaking at a public rally in Rawalpindi, the World Cup-winning cricketer-turned-politician called upon the people to support his party as the Pakistan Peoples Party-led government has failed to steer the country out of crises, the Express Tribune reported Monday.

Khan said the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and the PPP have a secret agreement to support each other’s government in Punjab and at the centre for a minimum of five years.

The PML-N wasn’t a “friendly opposition”, rather it was hand-in-glove with the ruling party, he said.

“The two parties have a secret agreement. The PML-N will allow the PPP-led government at the centre to complete its five-year tenure. And in return, the PPP will let the PML-N government in Punjab to complete its tenure,” he said.

Khan termed the recent increase in petroleum prices as “economic murder” of the people.

He came down hard on Nawaz Sharif and President Asif Ali Zardari, saying people would hold accountable the politicians who transferred money to foreign banks.

Sharif, who heads the second largest party in the country, was paying only Rs.5,000 in income tax, Khan said.

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