Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan said on Wednesday that he was committed to holding his procession in Karachi on December 25 against all odds, and warned the government not to try and stop the tsunami of people who would attend.
The PTI chief was holding a press conference at his Zaman Park residence, where 18 politicians including former Punjab chief minister Mian Afzal Hayat and Hussain Jahaniyan Gerdaizi joined the PTI.
Khan said in the current political situation, only a change could save the country and in Karachi he would gather more people than he did at his public gathering at Minar-e-Pakistan, Lahore. He said the war on terror did not give Pakistan anything other than destruction and he had always opposed it, so Pakistan should refrain from being part of it in future. “We will not be the slaves of anyone, we want friendship with everyone,” said the cricketer-turned-politician.
He said December 25 was an important date for him since it was the birth anniversary of Quaid-e-Azam. He said it was a sign of revolution that the children of other political leaders were joining his party and across the country, people were becoming a part of his party on their children’s request. He said he was glad that seeing the success of the PTI, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leaders had started being mindful of the rights of their workers because they were ignored and deprived. He guaranteed that there would be no corruption in the government if his party was elected into power. Later, addressing a convention of Christians in Green Town, Khan said he wanted to turn Pakistan into a just and harmonious state where people of all religions and creeds lived like brothers. Speaking at a ceremony in Gujranwala later, Khan welcomed into the party former PML-N MPA SA Hameed. Former PML-Quaid MPA Ashraf Butt, Barrister Ali Ashraf and six former presidents of the Chamber of Commerce Sheikh Muhammad Aslam, Shaukat Javaid, Nawaz Ahmed Bajwa, Asad Elahi, Rana Shahzad Hafeez and Khalid Mahmood Chadda also joined the PTI.
Later, in a late-night announcement on Wednesday, Sindh Home Minister Manzoor Wassan allowed Imran Khan to hold his public meeting in Karachi on December 25.
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