Pakistan Tekreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan said on Sunday that the party’s long march will resume from Tuesday from Punjab’s Wazirabad – the same point where he narrowly escaped an assassination attempt last Thursday.
\nWhile addressing a press conference from the Shaukat Khanum Hospital, Lahore, the PTI chief said that he will address the march every day and that in the next 10-14 days the rally will reach Rawalpindi from where he will lead the party’s ‘Haqeeqi Azadi’ march.
\nHe urged everyone to come out and participate in the march.
\nThe former premier said that he wants a transparent investigation into the Wazirabad incident but an FIR has not been registered yet.
\n\u201c[The] FIR hasn\u2019t been registered because they [the police] say we are ready to register a case against the PM and [interior minister] Rana Sanaullah but not Major General Faisal Raheem,\u201d he claimed.
\nDuring the press conference, the PTI chief said that he has a few questions that he wants to be answered. “First, there are people in Pakistan that are above the law, does the Constitution allow this?”
\nReiterating that three people were involved in his assassination bid, Imran demanded a transparent investigation and maintained that only a probe would determine \u201cthe truth\u201d.
\n\u201cIt is my right to register an FIR against them,\u201d he said, adding that how is it possible that a Punjab police under the provincial government \u201ckeep on giving excuses\u201d and not registering a case.
\nIt is pertinent to note that on Thursday, following the attack on Imran in Wazirabad, PTI General Secretary Asad Umar in a video statement had said that the party chief had named three suspects, who he believed were behind the gun attack on the long march.
\nThe former minister said the PTI chief was certain that the men who had planned the attack were Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah and Major General Faisal Naseer.
\nReferring to the DG ISPR\u2019s statement made yesterday, Imran said that it was \u201cshocking\u201d that the military\u2019s media wing spokesperson said that criticising a military official was akin to defaming the Pakistan Army.
\n\u201cMr DG ISPR, have you noticed what you are saying? Is there any logic to it? If so, then why is there a court martial?\u201d he asked.
\nImran claimed that an attack on him was a conspiracy conspired by the three men he had accused of being behind it. \u201cIt is my right to register a case. I am the ex-PM of the country,\u201d he added.
\n\u201cIf I can\u2019t register an FIR, how can any individual do it?\u201d he said, adding that only the powerful in this country are above the law and \u201clayman gets no justice\u201d.
\nEarlier, PTI leader Fawad Chaudhry said in a tweet that the party chief will address a press conference today, adding that it is hoped that the former prime minister will be allowed to go home from the hospital by this evening.
\nHe furthered that the call for protest has been suspended today in view of Raiwind’s Ijtimah (prayer gathering).
\n\u201cImran Khan will hold a press conference today, it is hoped that he will be allowed to go home from the hospital by this evening. However, the doctors have not yet discharged him from the hospital. The call for protest has been suspended today in view of Raiwind’s Ijtimah,\u201d he said in a tweet.
\nEarlier, the former prime minister had addressed the nation for the first time after he survived an assassination attempt on Friday.
\nDuring the address, the PTI chief has asked his supporters to continue protesting against the assassination attempt on him until those who plotted the attack resigned from their positions.
\nIn a video message from the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital (SKMCH), Imran Khan said he knew beforehand about the plot to kill him either in Wazirabad or in Gujarat.
\nThe deposed prime minister had sustained bullet wounds to his leg after a gunman opened fires on his container, as he led the PTI\u2019s \u2018Haqeeqi Azadi March\u2019 in Wazirabad on Thursday. One person died in the incident, while several PTI leaders were injured.
\nImmediately after the shooting, Imran was taken to the SKMCH in Lahore. Dr Faisal Sultan, the chief executive officer of the hospital, said that the PTI chief was hit by four bullets to his leg.
\nBreaking his silence in his video address, the PTI chairman alleged that three people \u2013 Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah, and a senior military officer, were behind the botched assassination attempt on his life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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