PTI Chairman Imran Khan vowed Thursday he would never accept the incumbent government as it was by foreign slaves who came into power by throwing in money.
In his address to the Lahore jalsa, the ousted prime minister said he would announce a future course of action as he was not ready to accept the new government.
“They brought the conscience of lawmakers and polished the boots of foreign powers to come into power,” the PTI chairman said, who has repeatedly blamed the United States for his ouster.
Going into the details of why a “foreign conspiracy” was hatched against him, Khan said that the day he came into power, it was his goal to give an independent foreign policy to Pakistan.
“An independent foreign policy means that all the decisions will be made in the interest of the people. I cannot sacrifice my countrymen for a foreign power,” Khan said.
The PTI chairman alleged that the incumbent rulers were always obedient when foreign powers gave them directives but claimed he did not follow suit, so the foreign powers “did not like it”.
Khan said that he also resolved to raise the issue of Islamophobia at every international forum — the United Nations, Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, and others — as a strong 1.5 billion Muslim populace was troubled in foreign countries.
“So the foreigners did not like it either,” he said.
The third thing that the foreign powers did not like was his attitude of “not taking dictation from anyone”. The ousted premier claimed that a foreign power questioned his visit to Russia.
Defending his Russia visit, the PTI chairman said Moscow was ready to provide Pakistan with petroleum products 30% cheaper than international prices.
“We could sell petrol and Fazlur Rehman (diesel) at 30% cheaper rates,” the ex-premier said, taking a jibe at the JUI-F chief, who is now part of the ruling coalition.
The rally is part of PTI’s public contact campaign after Khan was ousted from power through a no-confidence campaign and the party chairman has refused to accept the new government.
The ousted premier has repeatedly asked people to come out and support him as the incumbent government has been formed, according to him, with the backing of the United States.
Earlier, the PTI accused the government of blocking “all” the roads leading to Minar-i-Pakistan and shutting off internet service.
“Imported government and desperate crime minister think they can stop the nation from rising against this criminal mafia of an imported govt! Will not happen u criminals!” PTI leader Shireen Mazari said in a tweet.
Just a day back, the PTI chairman participated in a Twitter Spaces session — which by far has been one of the largest spaces in Pakistan — where spoke on several issues, including the election commission, former aides, and the letter-gate controversy.
Meanwhile, in the wake of security threats to Khan related to today’s PTI rally in Lahore, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif had ordered the provision of foolproof security to his predecessor.
A statement issued by the Prime Minister’s Office on Twitter said that the premier has directed the Interior Division to take measures in this regard.
The PTI leadership claims that the public meeting at Minar-e-Pakistan will be unprecedented and will “announce the departure of the incumbent government”.
The party had held successful power shows at Minar-e-Pakistan and the one held on October 30, 2011, became the turning point in its struggle after which this party emerged as a major political force in the country.
In his last address to the Karachi rally, Khan had even claimed that the incumbent “imported” government was trying to push the PTI out of the political arena through the foreign funding case, therefore, for the sake of fairness, the court cases against PPP, PTI, and PML-N must be heard together.