Country could have been divided into parts without strong armed force: PM 

Islamabad: Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan said on Tuesday that if the army of the country would not be strong, the country could have been divided into parts.

Addressing to the overseas convention in Islamabad, the prime minister said, “Allah has protected Pakistan, because its Army knows how to do the country’s defence.” He also said that Hussain Haqqani gave message to the head of the US Army to save Zardari from Pak Army. He also said that Indian journalist Barkha Dutt, once said that Nawaz Sharif, who was afraid of Pak Army was meeting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi secretly.

Imran Khan said that it is painful for the overseas Pakistanis when people like Nawaz, Zardari bring bad name to the country. "When the people saw the faces of the three stooges — PML-N President Shahbaz Sharif, Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman, and PPP Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari — they decided against supporting them and expressed their desire to go down with [me]," he added.

The premier mentioned that Maulana Fazlur Rehman was also named 'Diesel' by PML-N. He also thanked the Opposition for moving the no-confidence motion as through this, his party had strengthened, with people all-geared up for the March 27 rally — which is expected to take place just a day before the National Assembly votes on the no-trust motion.

PM Imran Khan also thanked the Opposition "wholeheartedly" as they had made people forget the rates of potatoes and tomatoes. He said he and his team were always trying to figure out ways to reduce the impact of inflation on the masses, but after the Opposition's no-confidence motion, the focus shifted to mainstream politics rather than inflation.

PM Imran Khan said neither of the three parties — PPP, PML-N, and JUI-F — worked at the grass-root levels and did "actual politics", while the PTI struggled for more than two decades to get to where it is today. "They cannot defeat us."