Change is not far away and the days of the PPP and the PML-N are over, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan said on Sunday. Addressing a large rally, Imran once again lamented the sorry state the country was in. He said the poor getting poorer under the oppression of those who were holding the reigns of this country for ages, however, adding that the circumstances were going to soon change for the better. The PTI chief picked apart the leadership of the two major political parties, the PML-N and the PPP.
He said PML-N President Nawaz Sharif was a hypocrite, who never raised a finger at President Asif Ali Zardari or questioned him about the billions of stolen rupees, as both savoured roasted pheasants for breakfast together. Responding to Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani’s statement regarding PTI’s agenda, Khan said his party’s agenda was far better than that of the ruling party.
“The country is rife with corruption, which the PTI will eradicate in record time,” he said. He vowed to empower farmers with low cost fertilizers, electricity and quality seeds so that average production could be brought at least at par with India. Khan said through facilities to farmers, Punjab alone could increase production by Rs 300 billion. “Our farmer toils all year long, but his labours never bear a fruit which he can pick, the feudal lords always take what is rightfully his,” he said, adding that farmers were in dire need of justice as 30 percent of their production was being looted by brokers sitting in the assemblies. Khan said sugar mafia in Pakistan was very strong and they were not making payment to the farmers. He said the PTI would collect double tax from those who were evading it, adding that there was no rule of law in the country and citizens’ life and property were at the mercy of robbers and plunderers. Referring to the NRO case, Khan said the president had deposited Rs 5 billions in Swiss banks after looting the national economy and the prime minister was saying that he would not write the letter to Swiss courts, adding that the nation had a right to know where from this money has come. The PTI chief said the poor were languishing in jails in theft cases while those who had looted the national economy were being protected.
PML-N and PPP’s days are over: Imran
