Pakistan
‘Reforms in governance system will be top priority if PTI comes into power again,’ says Imran
The PTI chief feels regrets over the role of former military chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa, saying that always gave him benefit of doubt but later he realized that he was the only man behind the scheming against him and his party.
Lahore: Former Prime Minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan said that he would introduce reforms in the bureaucracy and the judicial system, and would strengthen the governance system if he came into the power again.
“I will adopt the concept of truth and reconciliation as Nelson Mandela did,” said Imran Khan in an exclusive Interview to GNN on Sunday.
He said if the PTI came into the power again it would find out new ways to bring investment in the country and would facilitate the overseas Pakistanis. He said they would cut down the expenditures and would utilize their all efforts to reform the governance system.
To another question that who would be the finance minister of the PTI government, Khan said that the PDM failed but Shaukat Tarin would be the next Finance Minister.
When asked who would be the next chief minister, Khan said that he did not have any idea so far about the Punjab chief minister.
Imran Khan said that the country’s economy was improving when his government was in the power but unfortunately it was ousted
“I gavethe benefit of doubt to General Bajwa but later I realized that he was only the man behind the conspiracy against him and his government,” he added.
Khan said, “I met with an head of the state in a middle east countries and he asked me if Bajwa was with me,” he added, pointing out that it was quite surprising for him.
He lashed out at the PDM, saying that they covered up the things and spoke lies.
“6 per cent was the growth rate during our government. It means wealth creation. And right at that time, they removed our government,” he added.
Responding to another question that whether he would be again on the roads if elections were not held within 90 days, Imran Khan said that the results were clear because the PDM collapsed and it was the purpose of their struggle that the people should get justice.
He said the people had come to know about their rights and it was the right time that they should be ready for the protests. He said he also asked the lawyers for the rule of law.
“We were not mad that we dissolved our assemblies and now we just sit idle and see these people,” said Khan, adding that the Constitution guaranteed elections within 90 days time but the PDM was running away.
By delaying elections, he said, the PDM violated the Constitution.
Khan said the country would collapse and would become a banana republic if the rule of law was not ensured.
He stated that they would stay in the country and they decided to dissolve the assemblies keeping in view that there would be elections under the law.
The country’s economy, he said, was going down and the PDM wanted to delay the elections and looking the options to remove the PTI from their way, because they were waiting for the loans so that they could successfully execute their plans to knock out the PTI from the elections race.
He went on to say that there had been tough options for the country to come out of the country, emphasizing over the rule of law.
The overseas Pakistanis especially those who were in the UAE invested $10.4 there, he said, adding that they wanted investment in the country and that was not possible without the rule of law.
“There were four groups in our party and we brought Usman Buzdar because he had no association with any bloc. Buzdar was media shy and was an upright person while his predecessor in Punjab Shehbaz Sharif was involved in many corruption cases,” he said.
He said that he never felt down despite that he was hit, saying that he spent four months at home and was home restricted.
“I was not brought up in any military nursery like Bhutto or Nawaz Sharif as I made my own party and interacted with the public,” said the PTI chief.
He said that he committed many mistakes in his life and he had miscalculations about these two families.
Khan also expressed lack of trust on the interim setup in Punjab and the KPK, saying that he had no idea that the interim government would be behind attacks on his home and party workers.
“PDM is in the loss because they will lose as and when the elections are held,” said the PTI, adding that his party had massive support.