Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan told supporters at a rally in Swabi on Friday that those in power should be embarrassed about the ongoing drone attacks violating Pakistan’s sovereignty and killing innocent people.
Khan said the PTI would not let the United States attack Pakistan through drones and would shoot them down. “We will help them [US] get out of Afghanistan but we will not become a part of their war,” he said.
Khan also said if the PTI came to power, it would free the people of Pakistan from US slavery. “We won’t beg, we won’t take loans and we will generate our own funds,” he said.
Predicting the success of his party, he said even if the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) united, PTI would “bowl them all out on the first ball”. “The nation has decided it wants a change and no political party can defeat PTI’s tsunami,” said Khan. Promising a better Pakistan under his party’s leadership, Khan said the PTI would bring investment to the country and would tax the rich. He also said his party would fix the education sector and put in place a uniform education system.
“The green passport will be respected and people from abroad will come to Pakistan in search of jobs,” Khan stated. “Pakistan is a rich country and we will make it better,” he added.
The cricketer-turned-politician said all political parties were afraid of the PTI and were uniting to pass the 20th Amendment. He said President Asif Ali Zardari was the most corrupt person in the country, adding that his party would bring justice to all the corrupt people and no one would be spared.
1 killed, 7 injured in attack after PTI rally: Heavy firing followed hand-grenade explosions as the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) concluded its huge public gathering in Swabi on Friday. Media reports said a man was killed in the attack and seven others were injured. Some participants of the rally were also among the injured as gunmen attacked police personnel travelling in a bus, injuring six policemen, including a female constable. Reportedly, the police van was leaving the venue of PTI’s rally when the attackers lobbed two hand-grenades at it and opened fire. PTI Chairman Imran Khan and other party leaders had left the venue by the time the incident took place, sources said. The injured were rushed to Swabi District Headquarters Hospital and Kalo Khan Hospital. Police cordoned off the area and the bomb disposal squad was combing the site.
PTI will shoot down drones: Imran
