ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah on Friday asked the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) to postpone tomorrow’s gathering as former prime minister Imran Khan’s life is under threat.
Addressing a press conference in the federal capital, the interior minister said that there are the reports from the agencies that Imran’s life is under threat, adding that there is still time for Imran Khan to postpone his march. He claimed the march is being staged to create the situation of the political usstability and economic catastrophe.
Rana claimed that Imran will not get the date of elections from Rawalpindi, adding that the day – November 26 – was fixed for a specific reason for long march. He added that the establishment will not play its role to give him [Imran] date for the elections as now – the matter gets old.
Claiming that Imran Khan cannot be successful by any means, Rana advised Imran to come and sit with the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) leadership – Maulana Fazlur Rehman, Akthar Mengal, Khalid Magsi – Nawaz Sharif and PM Shehbaz Sharif.
Rana further said, “If you [Imran] wants to meet with Nawaz and PM Shehbaz, hopefully they would not refuse to meet you. if you need any sort of help in this regard, I will be there for you to help as I am your – political – opponent, not enemy.”
Suggesting the PTI chief to come back and be a part of the parliament, Sanaullah said that if he [Imran] is looking for the elections date, so it is better for him to come and sit with the politicians as the decisions could change only when the politicians sit together.
Earlier, the federal government has decided to thwart any unconstitutional act that the Imran Khan-led PTI might be planning as it all set to stage a rally in Rawalpindi on November 26.
The decision was taken in a meeting chaired by Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah to review the security situation amid the long march.
The meeting was attended by Minister of State for Interior Abdul Rehman Kanju, Federal Secretary Interior Yousuf Naseem Khokhar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa IG Moazzam Jah, KP Chief Secretary Dr Shehzad Bangash, IG Islamabad Akbar Nasir Khan, and othersk.
The participants of the meeting assured the interior ministry that they would support the Centre completely if PTI launches an attack on the federation.
The interior minister said that the provincial governments are constitutional bound to block the illegal act by a political party.
He said that the federation and provincial governments should join hands to prevent any unconstitutional move.
