Pakistan
'Two slogans of thieves and traitors will follow wherever you go', Imran Khan tells Sharifs
The PTI chairman claims the government wants to arrest him but warns all plans against him will backfire
Islamabad: PTI Chairman Imran Khan took a jibe at Sharif brothers on Monday, saying wherever they go in the world would follow slogans of theives and traitors.
Addressing the PTI activists, he termed his anti-government campaign a "jihad", saying it was not political.
The former prime minister, who is canvassing for PTI's Islamabad march, claimed the government wanted to arrest him but warned it that all "plans" against him would backfire.
Khan said "criminals" were sitting in the Parliament, wondering how would Pakistan progress if the "corrupt" people ruled the country.
He claimed India celebrated when the incumbent government came into power.
"I have no properties outside, I will stay in Pakistan, I will never want something which damages my country," the PTI chairman said, slamming the government for "having an FIR [what he refers to the alleged harassing and stopping Pakistani pilgrims from performing their rituals at Masjid-e-Nabawi (PBUH) earlier this week] registered" against him.
The PTI chairman said his party only wanted early elections which has been the PTI's demand after their ousted as it has refused to accept the new government.
Khan told his workers that he would give the call to Islamabad after May 20 and asked the workers who could not join him in the federal capital to protest in their respective cities once the march begins.
The PTI chairman said it was incumbent on his party workers to reach out to the people, engage them, and ask them to participate in the anti-government protest.
Talking about when he was in power, Khan said overseas Pakistanis had sent unprecedented remittances and had it not been for their money, the country would have defaulted.
"Overseas Pakistanis send their money to Pakistan, and the corrupt leaders here siphon it abroad," referring to the government leaders. "Tell me, which country's prime minister lives in the most expensive area of London?"
Khan said when his party came into power, the external debt was at a historic high of $20 billion. "But we brought in the most dollars and increased the exports."
Khan said “a country moves forward when the citizens have political awareness”, adding through Raabta App teh PTI will be able to collect data, to engage with supporters who could help them in ticket allocation too.