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LAHORE:
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan said on Wednesday that at least two million people should reach Islamabad on his call against the current government that comprised “traitors”.
The former premier who was ousted through a no-confidence motion by a coalition of then opposition parties made these remarks while addressing a workers’ convention in Lahore.
During his address, Imran reiterated that he was ousted through an alleged conspiracy. “Frist there was a conspiracy against my government then there was an interference,” he alleged. He claimed the US would control Pakistan with the new government in power through a “conspiracy”.
Even before his removal, Imran had accused the US of a “conspiracy” to remove his government over its ‘independent foreign policy’.
He also urged his party workers to participate in ‘night prayer’ by Maulana Tariq Jamil at 10pm and pray for “the real freedom”. He also urged people to preach his cause.
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The former premier again accused Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja of working for the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), calling him “the PML-N’s agent”.
He accused the CEC of harbouring a bias against his party. “He has been giving decisions against us,” Imran added.
This is not the first time Imran railed against the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) chief appointed by himself through consultations with then opposition leader Shehbaz Sharif.
A few days ago, Imran had called for Raja’s resignation. However, the CEC chief had asserted that he would continue working as the ECP chief as per the constitutional requirements. The barrage of criticism against Raja also came at a time when the ECP ordered to wrap up the foreign funding case against the PTI within 30 days.
A two-judge bench, headed by Islamabad High Court (IHC) Chief Justice Athar Minallah and comprising Justice Babar Sattar, suspended the earlier directions given by IHC judge Mohsin Akhtar Kayani while hearing the intra-court appeal filed by the PTI lawyer against the ECP’s alleged bias in the foreign funding case.