Amid hypothesis over his arrest, former Pakistan prime minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan on Saturday introduced the launch of the ‘jail bharo tehreek’ (fill the jail motion) towards the ruling coalition of Pakistan Muslim League- Nawaz (PML-N) and the Pakistan Peoples Celebration (PPP), reviews mentioned.
Addressing a public gathering in Mianwali on Saturday, Imran Khan warned the federal authorities towards threatening the PTI supporters of detention, reported Pak-based The Frontier Submit. Khan mentioned that he would “sacrifice his life for actual freedom of the nation”.
Stating that “tens of millions of persons are able to fill jails”, the PTI chief mentioned, “We’re not afraid of getting arrested as I might quickly announce a Jail Bharo Tehreek (jail motion)”.
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Forward of the Azadi march, Khan mentioned that his occasion has “much better plans than the federal government for the protest.” “All plans of the ‘imported’ authorities towards PTI would fail and they might be compelled to announce elections,” he claimed, reported the every day.
On Friday, native reviews steered that Khan will in all probability be arrested or put beneath home arrest in connection to international funding case. This got here after PTI leaders together with Tariq Shafi, Hamid Zaman, and Saif Niazi have been reported to be arrested by Pakistan’s Federal Investigation Company (FIA) the identical day.
In response to a report by ARY Information, the order was issued by Pakistan inside minister Rana Sanaullah to authorities involved to lodge a case towards Khan.
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The ruling Pakistani authorities had ready a “Plan B” to arrest the PTI chief earlier than coming into Islamabad in case he started his Azadi march from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa or Punjab, or at Rawat T-Cross if he tried to enter the capital from the south, it highlighted. It additional claimed that the police have been additionally to be deployed to arrest him in Tarnol, in case he tried to march on the capital from the northwest.