LAHORE: Former prime minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan announced Wednesday that his protest movement against Shehbaz government will start on Satruday.
Addressing the lawyers’ convention in Lahore, Imran said the ongoing wave of inflation was the highest in the country’s history.
The former premier said that there was a need for rule of law in Pakistan. “In the West, no one is allowed to commit violence like what happened with Shahbaz Gill,” he said
Talking about the country’s economy, he said the investment will not come unless the rule of law is established in Pakistan.
According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World, Imran Khan said Pakistan is facing Sri Lanka-like situation, adding that the inflation is the highest in Pakistan s 50-year history and his party will steer the country out of this slack.
The PTI chairman went on to say that the country needs rule of law and the economy cannot prosper until the justice system is improved, adding that no one in the West receive calls from unknown numbers nor anyone has the courage to illegally occupy land.
Last week, Imran claimed that when he would give the call to his supporters to come out and protest, the coalition government “will not be able to bear it”.
Earlier on Wednesday, Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah warned Imran Khan that supporters of his political party will be dispersed if they try to march to D-Chowk.
In a tweet, the minister, without naming Imran, wrote that “no one can talk to a crazy and stupid person, no one is safe from his evil”.
He said protest is a constitutional right, but warned supporters against entering D-Chowk.
Meanwhile, the Islamabad Capital Territory Police (ICT) said security at entry and exit points of the city’s Red Zone areas has been beefed up to ward off any possible law and order situation in light of a political rally.
The ICT said this was done after some people are headed towards Islamabad to have their political demands accepted.
