LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Q (PML-Q) leader and the Speaker of Punjab Assembly Pervez Elahi has claimed that Imran Khan had postponed his Azadi march against the government for a long time.
In an interview, he said that he said that former prime minister Imran Khan has delayed his plans to march to Islamabad till after July 20 as he will be going on an election stump in Punjab next month and will not be marching to the federal capital to protest against the government anytime soon.
“Imran [Khan] will do the politics of dharna (sit-ins) after the by-polls,” Elahi said.
Last month, the Election Commission of Pakistan de-seated 25 PTI lawmakers in the Punjab Assembly for voting against party lines in the election for the CM of the province. By-polls will now be held on 20 out of 25 seats in July, for which a tough contest is expected between the PTI and the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N).
When asked about rifts within his own party, the PML-Q, Elahi denied the rumors and insisted that his party will remain together. However, he was quick to criticize Salik Hussain, the son of PML-Q’s chief, as being an inexperienced newcomer in politics.
“Salik has come into politics for the first time,” said Elahi. “He won a seat in Chakwal that my son and I prepared for him. His [voters] are now looking for him to ask what you are doing.” He added.
It is pertinent to mention here that last week Imran Khan announced that he would announce the date of a long march against the government soon after the federal budget was presented in the National Assembly.
