Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Monday said that the Sunni-Shia conflict had an international dimension but the real cause was the government’s incompetence.
“The support to terror outfits by major parties who are making seat adjustments with organisations like Lashkar-e-Jhangvi has added to the menace of terrorism. Once in power, PTI will eradicate terrorism.”
Imran Khan made these remarks while talking to reporters after visiting the bereaved family of former Shaukat Khanum Hospital consultant Dr Ali Haider who had recently been martyred by terrorists in Lahore.
Imran Khan termed the killing a national tragedy, as due to his demise, the country has been deprived of internationally recognised eye specialist. Lashing out at the government, the PTI chairman said that the government did nothing for eradicating the militancy and extremism for the past five years from the country, adding that even the rulers miserably failed in launching any welfare project for the poverty-stricken and inflation-ridden masses.
Imran Khan said that both the ruling parties – the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) – were providing refuge to the terrorists of banned outfits and both the parties were even making seat adjustments with these banned outfits just to attain power, while both the parties were little bothered about the people’s miseries. Imran Khan advised the people of Karachi that they should not vote for those who had armed wings. He also said political parties in Sindh supported terrorism. He said he would curb the menace of terrorism through police and would not call in army.
He said regularisation of 100,000 contractual employees as well as Metro Bus System and distribution of laptops were part of pre-poll rigging. The PTI chief said the PML-N graph was going upward due to the PPP.