Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has said that the people of Pakistan have never faced such difficulties as they are facing today while on the other hand the rulers are enjoying power.
Addressing a large public gathering here on Sunday, he prayed for the safe recovery of soldiers buried under an avalanche in Siachen.
He said the current leadership was incapable of liberating Pakistan because it had emerged as a result of the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) pushed by foreign powers. He pledged that the PTI would disengage from the war on terror through dialogue, and would liberate Pakistan from foreign influence. He added that Pakistan could stand on its feet only after disengaging from the terror war, and that the PTI would restore the respect of the country around the world.
Talking about the recently launched membership drive, Khan said that PTI would bring true democracy to the country after emerging as the only democratically elected party of the country. He urged the people to become members of the PTI and elect their own leadership. He said that no political party in the country was capable of giving this democratic right to its members.
Criticising the leaderships of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), he said they were “family-run parties”, and competent and capable leadership could not emerge in them due to their dynastic hierarchies.
He said the present system of government was introduced by the British to subjugate the masses and the political leadership of Pakistan had perpetuated this system for their own interests. He said the PTI would liberate the rural population from this unjust system and would introduce a local government system which would ensure autonomy at the level of villages.
Speaking on the issue of new administrative units, he cited examples of Turkey and Japan and said that both these countries were considerably less populated than Pakistan, but had exponentially more administrative units. He said the PTI supported the creation of new provinces, including the Hazara province, as it would expedite development.
He thanked the people for attending the rally and said that the PTI would prove in the coming elections that the people of Pakistan have rejected the corrupt political leadership.
Pakistanis facing worst hardships today, says Imran Khan
