Former prime minister and PTI Chairman Imran Khan has said that his so-called \u201creal freedom\u201d movement against the elite capture and for independent foreign policy was the largest in the country\u2019s history after Pakistan Movement.
\n\u201cNo one gives freedom easily. One has to render sacrifices and wage jihad in order to achieve freedom. Those who have occupied this system are exploiting this country,\u201d he said while addressing a ceremony in Islamabad on Thursday.
\nThe former premier, without naming anyone, said those elements who have amassed billions of rupees by occupying the resources of the country will not give freedom easily.
\n\u201cThis movement for Haqeqi Azadi [real freedom] is the largest movement in the country\u2019s history after our forefathers crated this country through struggle,\u201d he remarked.
\nImran, who was ousted from power in April this year through vote of no confidence, said not only an idolatry a \u2018shirk\u2019 but bowing before the \u2018idol of fear\u2019 was also a sin.
\nHe asked the party members to go door to door and explain to the masses the objective of his \u201creal freedom movement\u201d.
\nThe PTI leader said the imported government has pushed the people into the sea of inflation while rulers were busy amending laws to save themselves from accountability.
\n\u201cThe value of rupee is declining and inflation is rising. They did not come to power to serve masses but to save their loot and rule country at the whims of their foreign masters,\u201d he added.
\nA day earlier, Imran had announced that his party’s movement for \u201cHaqeeqi Azaadi\u201d \u2013 \u2018real freedom’ – would begin from September 24 and he sought the participation of the country’s legal fraternity in it.
\nAddressing the All Pakistan Lawyers Convention in Lahore on Wednesday, the PTI chief highlighted that the country was fast heading towards civil unrest.
\nHe added that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank had already warned of a Sri Lanka-like situation in Pakistan if the country was not pulled out from the current economic quagmire created by the \u201cimported\u201d government.
\nImran asked lawyers to promise him that they would take to the streets on his call.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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