Waiting for the day when Sharifs will be behind bars, says Imran

PTI turns ‘lockdown’ to ‘thanksgiving’ day following top court’s verdict on Panamagate scandal

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chairman Imran Khan has said he’s waiting for the day when the present rulers, the Sharifs, are put behind bars.

He was addressing the party’s Youm-e-Tashkkur or ‘Thanksgiving’ rally, a day after he abruptly called off a planned "lockdown" of the federal capital after the Supreme Court paved the way for an investigation into allegations of corruption against the prime minister's family.

He said Pakistan had changed as Supreme Court as begun investigating the prime minister.

“I want to convey this message to my people… Pakistan has changed as Supreme Court will start investigating Nawaz [Sharif] from tomorrow,” he said, adding that if the premier did not shun using force against his party workers, he will take to the streets and encircle police stations.

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Chairman @ImranKhanPTI waves to the crowds #YoumETashakkur pic.twitter.com/ou7bNCSxsj

— PTI (@PTIofficial) November 2, 2016

Great atmosphere at #YoumETashakkur pic.twitter.com/3h8CwxWNfx

— PTI (@PTIofficial) November 2, 2016

Party leaders including Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Pervaiz Khattak and Jahnagir Tareen, among others also addressed the 'celebratory rally'.

I need no chair, no position
I care 2 hoots for these.
On one sign of @ImranKhanPTI I'll do what he says
@PervezKhattakCM #YoumETashakkur

— PTI (@PTIofficial) November 2, 2016

They lied that we are armed.
We are peaceloving revolutionaries@SMQureshiPTI#YoumETashakkur

— PTI (@PTIofficial) November 2, 2016

Premier Nawaz Sharif has been under growing pressure from opposition parties, mainly PTI, which had vowed one million supporters would “shut down” Islamabad on Wednesday as part of long-running efforts to fight against corruption in the country.



The interior ministry has deployed police and FC forces in many places in the capital. The paramilitary Rangers and other law enforcers have also taken control of important buildings in the neighbourhood.

On Tuesday the top court began hearing a case into the Panama Papers leaks and offered to form a commission to investigate revelations that PM Nawaz’s children held offshore wealth.



"We are determined to resolve this issue. We will solve it as soon as possible. Now the highest forum in the country in regards to dispute resolution has taken up this matter, so now you hold your positions, please restrain," Justice Asif Saeed Khosa, one of the five judges hearing the case, told the court.