PM’s statement about Abbottabad incident irresponsible: Imran

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan criticised Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani’s statement about the Abbottabad incident on Friday and said it was irresponsible and benefited the opponents of Pakistan.
He said, however, that there was no chance of the army’s interference and it should not come into power.
Speaking to a reception given by the PTI’s Women’s Wing in his honour in Karachi on Friday, Khan said the prime minister should not have issued a statement on the Abbottabad incident prior to the report of the Abbottabad Commission. He said the statement went in the favour of the enemies of Pakistan and the danger for Pakistan had been increased after the statement. He said Gilani’s statement gave the impression that the army was protecting Osama bin Laden.
Khan said the army should not interfere in the democratic process, and it would not. He said a revolution was afoot in Pakistan and the march towards change had begun. Corruption had destroyed the institutions and a small group held all the resources of the country, he added.
The PTI chief said there was a need for peace in Karachi. “The issue of Karachi is not a linguistic but economical issue. Punjabi, Sindhi, Pakhtun, Baloch, Muhajir, all are poor,” he said.
Without mentioning any names, Khan said that a big party of Karachi was very upset because of his presence in the city. “I want to clarify here that a big group of that party will announce that it is joining the PTI in the public meeting on December 25,” he added.
He said he would speak about Makhdoom Javed Hashmi joining the PTI on Saturday. He said he would make a big disclosure at the public meeting about who was joining the PTI.
PTI Vice Chairman Shah Mehmood Qureshi said in his speech that the civil society should join the PTI. “This will be historical movement, which will write a new history,” he said.