‘Defiant’ Imran announces rally on Sunday, calls for judicial probe into Ali Bilal’s killing

Lahore – Imran Khan, the chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and a former prime minister, announced on Saturday that another rally would be held in Lahore on Sunday. He said he would lead the election rally to demonstrate to the workers that we are not animals when he spoke to them on Saturday via video link. Imran Khan said, “They lied openly before the public” and appealed to the Lahore High Court Chief Justice to form a judicial commission for an investigation into the case of Zille Shah’s murder in response to caretaker Punjab Chief Minister Mohsin Naqvi’s claims regarding the death of Ali Bilal alias Zille Shah.

The former premier also demanded resignation of caretaker Punjab CM, IGP and others, and held them responsible for violence against his party workers on the rally day in Lahore, and for murder of Zille Shah. “I want to tell Judiciary and Advocates that you are those that can stop Pakistan from becoming a banana republic,” he added. The PTI chairman went on to say that efforts being made to eliminate all the evidence.

Imran Khan went on to say that Minister of Defence Khawaja Asif gave the same statement as Shahbaz Gill but no action was taken against him, adding that he would ask the former SAPM to lodge case against the minister so that he would face the same punishment as he faced.

Mr Khan also alleged that the government was trying to postpone the election by assassinating him.