Lahore- Imran Khan, the leader of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), asserted on Monday that a plot to assassinate him had been hatched inside the Judicial Complex.
The ousted premier declared during a speech delivered via video link that “If I went inside the Judicial Complex, these people could assassinate me. My friends had given me the go-ahead to leave. The 20 people who were present in the Judicial Complex had the intention of killing me. Inside the Judicial Complex, our attorneys were tortured. Mr Khan urged the Chief Justice to hold an investigation over the “20 people presented in the Judicial Complex”. Additionally, he requested the Chief Justice that cases against him be heard via video link and that Chief Justice cshould observe what was happening in the country.
The country’s history did not witness such brutality as it did in the tenure of the incumbent government, lamented Mr Khan.
He took a dig at the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), saying the opponents will not win elections at any cost.
“These people want my assassination. By shelling in the toll plaza, efforts were made to incite the PTI workers. I have mentioned many times that I am facing a threat to life. So why have I been summoned persistently”, the former premier, bashing his political opponents.
He went on to claim, saying, “If I am sent to jail, these people will assassinate me, there as well”.
Continuing to take a dig at the rulers, Mr Khan claimed, “They are resorting to tactics against me for their own sake. These people are not interested in holding elections. But they are in power to assassinate me”.
On Sunday, Mr Khan Sunday demanded release of party workers and their children arrested during police raids homes of PTI workers in Islamabad.
In his message on Twitter, Imran Khan said: “Fascism at unprecedented levels with police in Islamabad raiding homes without warrants to abduct PTI workers. Where the worker is not present, children as young as 10 yrs are picked up.”
PTI chief Imran Khan demanded the immediate release of all PTI workers and their children who have been abducted by police.
