Imran alleges assassination plots

PTI's founding leader predicts inflation would increase in the coming days

RAWALPINDI:

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan claimed on Monday that conspiracies were hatched twice in the past to assassinate him, and said that his jail cell was hot like an oven but despite that he did not want any relief for himself.

Talking to reporters during the hearing of £190 million case in Adiala Jail, Imran said that his staff at the jail cell had been changed for the fourth time, including the person who tested his food. He also said that there was problem of rats in cell of his wife, Bushra Bibi.

The PTI founder said that cricket was a popular sport in Pakistan but they [government favourites] had destroyed the game. "Our team did not reach the first four and 8 teams in the T20 World Cup. Yesterday, Pakistan lost to Bangladesh," Imran said.

"After [Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman] Mohsin Naqvi's surgery, we also lost to Bangladesh," he added.

He recalled that only two and a half years ago, Pakistan team had defeated India by 10 wickets [in 2021 T20 World Cup]. "What happened in two and a half years," he asked

The PTI lamented a poor law and order situation in the country. "The law and order situation in Balochistan and the country is in front of everyone. People are martyred every day in K-P [Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa] and Balochistan. Policemen were martyred in Punjab," he said.

"On the other hand, a Form-47 government is imposed on the country, which could neither bring reforms, nor reduce government expenditures. Only a government with public mandate can do this," he said. "All their money and property are [stashed] abroad."

The PTI founder was asked about reports that party leader Azam Swati had met him in jail after Mohsin Naqvi's contact with K-P Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur. Imran replied that this whole government was running on lies.

"I have no connection with the establishment. If we talked to the establishment, it would only be for the country and the Constitution. I don't want any relief for myself," he said. He said that government did not want the people to talk about even the internet disruption.