UPPER DIR: Ousted Prime Minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan claimed on Saturday that America, Israel, and India brought Shehbaz Sharif into power as he would obey every order of theirs.
Addressing a public gathering in Upper Dir, KPK, he said that PM Shehbaz is taking “dictation” from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and moving up inflation in the country.
The price of petrol has been increased by Rs60, Khan said, adding that if a person had a “little bit of humanity left in them” then they would never surge prices to such high levels.
Khan claimed that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is “nervous” nowadays and there’s a “strange” fear on his face as he castigated the government for rising inflation.
“Shehbaz Sharif has stated that everything has happened because of Imran Khan, so they should have let Imran Khan stay in power,” he added.
Th PTI chairman said the threat letter — which he claims mentioned the conspiracy against his government — was presented before the National Security Committee (NSC).
“Instead of maintaining the neutral status, they (establishment) should have stopped the interference. The government that has been imposed on us has darkened the future of the country.”
Khan reiterated that America, Israel, and India “conspired” against his government and imposed the incumbent leaders on Pakistan. “They have brought Shehbaz into power as he will obey every order of theirs.”
The ex-premier said the international money lender had also pressurised the PTI government to increase the price of petroleum products, but instead of following IMF’s suggestions, it decreased it.
“I will keep fighting them till my last breath,” the ousted prime minister said, claiming that his government was not ousted because of inflation, but through a US-backed conspiracy.
Meanwhile, KP Chief Minister Mahmood Khan also addressed on the occasion and in a reference to his statement during a lawyers’ convention in Peshawar, he said that the “forces are the people of his province”.
CM Mahmood said that he had made a statement that he would use his province’s force when Khan calls another march towards Islamabad.
He added that his statement made the government nervous. “My forces are my people, who are supporting me,” the CM said.
Criticising the coalition government’s decision of increasing the petrol price, Mahmood said it has moved up the price from Rs150 to Rs210 per litre in just 50 days of its governance.
“The load-shedding has been increased from 16 to 20 hours. The government has decreased the funding of the tribal areas and cut the petrol quota of the government officials by 35%,” said CM Mahmood.
