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March 15, 2024
Imran Khan Finalizes Names of Candidates for Upcoming Senate Poll
Rawalpindi: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan said that the incarcerated party founder Imran Khan has “finalized some candidates” during a meeting with him at the Adiala Jail.
Barrister Gohar made the statement while speaking to journalists outside the jail in Rawalpindi after meeting the party founder at the hearing of the £190m NCA scandal against Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi.
He said that they submitted a formal request for the meeting as a ban was in place on meetings with inmates at the jail.
Gohar detailed that the party would take a final decision regarding candidates which he had also discussed with the PTI founder in which some of them have been “finalized”.
Criticizing the incumbent government, the politico said that some individuals from the former caretaker government have been inducted into the federal cabinet.
The PTI chairman said that they believed in dialogue but his party lawmakers were not being given opportunity to speak on the parliament floor. He said that the incumbent government has no moral grounds to rule the country.
'Sri Lanka-like situation' predicted
Slamming the 2024 nationwide general election once again, Khan has predicted a Sri Lanka-like situation in the country as the nation’s hopes were shattered by "stealing the mandate".
“My all predictions have proven true,” the former prime minister said during an informal interaction with journalists in Rawalpindi's Adiala Jail, in which he reiterated that he was not engaging into talks with the current rulers to reach a "deal".
“Each and everything is based on lies [...] like the election was a lie [...] the security threat was also a lie,” the cricketer-turned-politico said, adding that the PTI was deliberately kept away from the 2024 polls.
The disqualified politician said that the voters took revenge on the polling day but the "change via vote was not accepted”.
He added that the former ruling party would continue its peaceful protests against rigging besides approaching the Supreme Court (SC).
He also foresaw ‘horse-trading’ in the forthcoming Senate elections, scheduled to be held on April 2. The deposed PM alleged that he was not being allowed to meet his lawyers.
As Pakistan going to seek final tranche of loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the PTI founder commented that the nation would take to the streets after a new wave of inflation. – The News
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