Former prime minister Imran Khan on Saturday hoped that the new military leadership would have immediately disassociated itself from the 8 moths of Bajwa’s fascist actions against PTI, the media & critical journalists, adding that his party will dissolve the provincial assemblies of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa this month.

Swati was arrested by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on November 27 — for the second time in less than two months — over controversial tweets.

bec the present Imported govt is seen as a mere puppet govt. One had hoped the new mly ldrship would have immed disassociated from the 8 mths of Bajwa’s fascist actions against PTI, the media & critical journalists. The 74 yr old heart patient Senator Swati must be released immed

— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) December 3, 2022

Taking to twitter Imran Khan castigated the “vindictive” treatment of the senator, saying “The entire nation is shocked at the vindictive cruelty Senator Azam Swati is being subjected to and for what crime? For intemperate language and asking questions which is the right of anyone in a democracy?”

The PTI chief said that internationally, Pakistan and especially “our military is being perceived increasingly negatively because the present imported government is seen as a mere puppet government”.

“One had hoped the new military leadership would have immediately disassociated from the 8 months of Bajwa’s fascist actions against PTI, the media and critical journalists.”

Imran demanded that Swati — who he said was a heart patient — should be immediately released.

not only bec he has committed no crime to deserve this mental & physical torture, but also because this petulant & vengeful targeting is undermining our mly’s credibility which is critical for a strong Pakistan.

— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) December 3, 2022

“Not only because he has committed no crime to deserve this mental and physical torture, but also because this petulant and vengeful targeting is undermining our military’s credibility which is critical for a strong Pakistan,” the former premier added.

Will dissolve Punjab, KP assemblies this month

Moreover, addressing KP’s parliamentary members via video link, Imran warned that “if something happens to Swati, we will go after everyone responsible for arresting him”.

He said that what happened with the PTI senator was the highest level of oppression. “What was his fault? All he did was tweet […] and he was tortured for that.

“He was first beaten up in front of his grandchildren and then, on orders of Dirty Harry, he was stripped naked and tortured,” the PTI chief claimed, saying that any person would be angry if such a treatment was meted out at them.

“And this anger would only increase if an objectionable video of yours was leaked […] one would only think about taking revenge.”

Moreover, the PTI chief said that his party is ready for talks with the coalition government if they are willing to give a date for general elections.

Imran asked party workers to prepare for elections and begin campaigning in their constituencies. “Whether they [the government] come into elections or not […] we will be dissolving the assemblies this month and moving towards elections.”

He reiterated that PTI was only ready to talk to the coalition leader on elections, warning that he would otherwise dissolve the assemblies where his party was in power.

“Pervez Elahi has given me a go-ahead. He has said he is standing with me and would dissolve assemblies on the call.”