The Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) held a huge public gathering on Thursday in the Bhakkar district of the Punjab.
Addressing the rally PTI Chairman Imran Khan said his party wanted to build a new Pakistan and to help the people get rid of the ‘patwari’ culture.
He stated that the PTI will abolish the politics of thanas and kacehris and that the people will not have to run after politicians to get their problems solved.
“No system can survive unless it is rooted in the people,” he said.
Khan asked the people to choose their leaders themselves by taking part in the PTI membership campaign.
The government will take money in return for restoring NATO supplies, the PTI chief said.
Khan also said Nawaz Sharif and Maulana Fazlur Rehman had opposed President Zardari in the past, but that they support him now.
PTI is not a party of a family; its people will fight with the rulers, he added.
He stated that funds will be transferred to the grassroots and that villagers will run local schools and dispensaries.
Imran said the Punjab chief minister is unaware of the problems faced by the people of Bhakkar after the area was hit by floods. Speaking on the occasion, senior politician and the PTI President Javed Hashmi referred to the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leadership and said those who ran away from the country are not regarded as leaders.