Election rigging would lead to civil disobedience: Imran warns

Election rigging would lead to civil disobedience: Imran warns

By Saleem Mehsud

LAHORE, Nov 24: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Thursday warned of civil disobedience if next elections were not held free and fair, saying that ruling N-league was trying to halt rallies of PTI.

Replying to questions in live calls from audience over a private TV channel, Imran said that people would come to the streets and bloody reaction couldn’t be ruled out if the next elections were not conducted in a free and fair manner , adding that doors of supreme court would be knocked to achieve supervision of the court in this regard.

“Only fair and free elections would decide fate of the country because masses would not accept and endure fake voting lists and voters,” the PTI chief stressed.

He said that upon coming to power, the PTI would introduce a uniform education system – one education system for all. He said the current education system is making the rich richer and the poor poorer. He said the schools should be under the village council of elders.

The PTI chief also said that the police should be purged from political influence. He said political meddling is the biggest ill afflicting the police department. The entire prevailing police system requires changes because the system was introduced by the foreigners for slaves while independent countries have no such police system, Imran said.

When asked by audience that Pakistan is a poor country having meager economy how PTI would steer the country out of challenges, Imran said that Pakistan is the richest country in Asia, adding that we have to eliminate corruption from the country and must bring big fishes to the tax net then country would make progress with rapid strides.

“If PTI was mandated to rule the country then we will give the best economic team because there are Pakistanis who were running private airlines and other companies in foreign countries and they would be too willing to work for the betterment of their own country but the only condition is to eliminate corruption and also give chance to honest people to lead the country,” Imran added.

Khan said that N-League was putting hurdles in the way of PTI and not allowing PTI of hold rally in Rajanpur. He said that PTI was following democratic norms and rules in holding rallies and warned that N-League not to challenge street power of PTI.

Talking about the Muslim world, Imran said that most of Muslim countries were run by dictators who could easily be puppet in the hands of foreigners, adding that democracy is the solution of unity among the Muslim countries.

He said that PTI has clear agenda about US drones in the tribal region, adding that I participated in a walk along with representatives of Reprive, UK based organization, and also would raise the issue in the international court of justice. He said that US drone strikes were counter-productive and innocent people were being killed in the strikes.

Imran said that he will declare his assets in a press conference and the whole nation will be made aware of my assets, adding that Karachi rally of PTI would be successful.