Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Thursday announced that the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government will introduce a ban on stopping traffic for VIP protocols, and condemned the death of Bisma, the baby that died due to Bilawal Bhutto’s protocol measures.
“I will meet KP Chief Minister Pervez Khattak in this regard. Traffic will not be stopped for any VIP protocol, even if it is the prime minister. We will start change from KP,” he said.
“If you are so afraid to die, then stay home,” said the PTI chief to those demanding protocol fearing for their lives.
Khan said that the Army Public School incident had united the country in the fight against terror; just like that, Bisma’s death had united the country to fight elaborate protocols for VIPs.
He also criticised the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and the Mutahidda Qaumi Movement (MQM) for trying to threaten the Karachi operation to safeguard their “militant wings” and “corruption.”
Addressing a celebratory public gathering in Lodhran after PTI’s Jahangir Tareen won the NA-154 by-election, defeating PML-N’s Siddique Baloch, Imran Khan thanked the people of Lodhran for “supporting the cause of justice.”
“You refused to accept the government’s Rs 2 billion bribe via the farmers’ package,” Imran told the crowd. “We will never forget the people of Lodhran,” he added.
He also urged the prime minister to ensure that the people of Lodhran get the Rs 2 billion he had promised them before the by-polls.
The PTI chief questioned why the PML-N lost by a wide margin of 40,000 votes in Lodhran, but won local body polls comprehensively in the district.
“The by-poll was conducted under the army’s check but the local government elections were conducted by PML-N’s patwaris and bureaucrats,” he said.
Imran Khan also urged the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) to ensure that justice was delivered in the NA-122 case, which will go to hearing on December 30.
“With all due respect, we want to know how 26,000 new votes were added to the constituency when there were only 812 new votes on the record,” he said.
