The Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf is waiting for all corrupt politicians to unite against it so that it can defeat them in one go and rid the country of corruption, PTI chairman Imran Khan said late on Thursday night.
He was speaking at a public rally in Khanewal – last of over 20 rallies PTI has held in southern districts of the province during the ongoing tour. He left for Lahore after the rally early Friday morning. Earlier, Khan had addressed a gathering in Muzaffargarh.
Around seven thousand people were gathered at the Railways Ground in Khanewal to listen to the PTI chairman.
He was accompanied by PTI president Javed Hashmi and Vice Chairman Shah Mehmood Qureshi.
Khan referred to an earlier statement he gave in response to PML-N leader Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan and said that he planned on getting three wickets on one ball.
“Asif Zardari, Nawaz Sharif and Fazul Rehman will be clean bowled by the PTI on one ball in the next general elections,” he said. He challenged the three politicians to woo other ‘corrupt politicians’ to their camps so that the PTI could rid the country of corruption by defeating them all and revamp the political system.
He warned corrupt politicians and bureaucrats that the tsunami of Tehrik-i-Insaf was standing on their doorstep. He said the PTI will clean sweep the elections with support from the people of Pakistan.
He criticised Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani for defending ‘his corrupt leader’ and violating the directive of the Supreme Court. “Gillani wants to seek mileage by rebelling against the most sacred institution of the country,” he said.
Vice Chairman Shah Mehmood Qureshi said the rallies held in the southern Punjab were testimony to the PTI’s support in the grassroots.
He called upon the audience to say that they were not asked by the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) or any other intelligence agency to attend the rally.
Mugging
Several PTI workers complained about mugging at the rally. As many as 20 people told this correspondent that their pockets being picked during the speeches.
Muhammad Rahim, who had arrived from Jahanian, said he lost Rs20,000 and a cell phone. But, he said, the loss would not stop him from attending PTI rallies in the future.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 23rd, 2012.
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@maiden: Your talking non sense.If the corrupt leaders get into power agian then there is no future for Pakistan.IK has never supported terrorism.He against US war of terror like majority of Pakistanis.IK is the only credible leader all the rest are not only corrupt but US puppets.
@Salman Orangiwala - If God forbid you are attending PTI jalsa and start pick pocketing , should we blame PTI for it ?
Imran Khan knows that in a fair game of cricket it is not possible to take three wickets with one ball So his claim to take three wickets with one ball is just fake and foolish Please Khan Sb be serious and start start talking commonsense@ Karachiite , @ Kashmirian
For your kind information; MQM is not a mainstream political party of Pakistan neither MQM support status quo. IK is against status quo therefore targeting PPP and PMLN who are the mainstream parties.
Although I am sure once he is in power he will tackle the violence caused by political parties in Karachi and Pakistan. My vote for IK
why is Uncle Khan against Fazul Rehman? - I thought he loved mullahs?
@WB: I m not a supporter of PML N or PPP, did i said anything wrong in my comment??
Qureshi = V. Chairman Hashmi = President Contribution of the two for PT I= 0
This party has absolutely no representation in any elected body, still it gets more publicity than other parties. Cannot understand why thankless supporters are not happy on this projection..
@WB: Please don't forget that there is lifafa journalism in Pakistan. Zardari League can give not only lifafa but also plots, licenses, trips, etc.
One could visualize how Imran was planning to get Zardari and NS out on the same ball. Zardari standing on the crease, and NS in front of him trying to protect Zardari from being dismissed. Imran bowling a sharp in-dipper that pitches at yorker length for NS who is standing in front and good length for Z. Both missing it and the ball going on to hit the stumps! Now where is Fazlur Rehman going to come into this? Is he going to stand in front of NS or between NS and Z?
3 Wickets in 1 Ball ------ this is only possible in the dreams of this Khan----is this poor man deluded or just hallucinatory?
Pasha out , Imran out.
Why did he not include MQM in his wickets, I am smelling something fishy , ISI or .......
By looking at these articles it is very clear that how much worth government adds have for TV channels and news papers...great going Pakistani mediaa..all the mess created by PPP and PML N and all the bashing reserved for PTI...waooooooo..
ISI talks again through Imran...all too familiar tone of a fixer
@Pakistan politics: And we were looking for you; and then we saw you hiding behind your "great" leader Nawaz, when he was handing out 2nd grade laptops in PU, while the whole ceremony was paid by us, the tax payers costing 4 core rupees
@WB When we are seeking a change, you cannot compare against the bad, and the old. PTI makes a play for good governance. It has to start from home. Evidence of what is going to happen later comes from early days. The question is whether PTI is really different, or just another political party, which make loud noises, and fails to deliver.
@Shahnawaz: Hashmi has been elected as President for only 3 months. The membership campaign for PTI starts soon after which there will be elections for ALL the positions (i.e Chairman, Vice-Chairman, President and Vice-President included).
@ Karachiite , be worried about the pick-pockets who seem to be ardent fans of Imran .lolzzzzzzzzz ..Nowhere in Pakistan any one ever complained of mugging in Jalsa of this magnitude .What does that prove ? LAMO .
God help those who help themselves
Imran should stick to a one point agenda : Corruption. This the people understand and relate to and the other political parties look stupid when they talk on this subject.
@Shahnawaz: You are free to vote for PMLN and PPP; I guess to you these two parties are very democratic. I wonder who voted for Shahbaz to be PMLN president??
Why is ET so negative with PTI?? Why PMLN and PPP portrayed in a more positive light, while with PTI something negative must be mentioned no matter how trivial, e.g; the pillow fight incident, and now pick pocketing. A news paper must be impartial, no matter who owns it and what their political affiliations are; lets hope editors of ET remember this.
PTI tsunami in sialkot today :)
Khan sb i was looking you on the roads for protest against increased electricity prices
Is there any special reason why MQM's wicket wont be taken? :/
What about Altaf hussain.He was so fiercely vocal against altaf Hussian not long ago anf has not dropped him from his most hated politicians.Imran your stances change so much when you are out of mainstream politics...what will happen when you are in the ring.I have only heard promises and mud slinging from Imran but no proposals to solve the country's problems.
Imran Khan publicly said elections would be conducted of all posts, and then in just a few dats dictatorially appoints Javed Hashmi as the President of the party. Would have gained credibility if he had waited till internal elections are over.
I think tribune will never cross 10K for PTI. When there is a gathering of few thousands at nodero, it is reported as millions gathered. We saw the photoshopped pictures of this year nodero gathering and massive rallies of PTI is southern punjab.
You should play a neutral role please.
Political Hatrick :)
Now half the comments would be about the heading of the news report. PTI fans think people won’t read the inside story and stop voting for PTI after seeing the heading. The heading implies that Imran is still a cricketer, and not actually the head of a political party. Isn’t this misleading!
And rest of the comments will be about mugging incidents. Thats yet another attempt by status quo forces to tarnish the repute of PTI.
nice (Y)
Muhammad Rahim, who had arrived from Jahanian, said he lost Rs20,000 and a cell phone. But, he said, the loss would not stop him from attending PTI rallies in the future.
Proud on You Muhammad Rahim , long live Pakistan and long live Imran:))
Drop the cricket puns. It makes it hard to look at it like a serious statement.
ET always have to mansion something negative now a days against PTI like pocket picking and am sure they dont have no evidence to back it !! and plus instead of writing the truth that how huge jalsas have been in southern punjab they try to talk against it good one ET just like all other media chanels whom are not showing PTI jalsas now .. huge propganda campaign started against PTI by media now ....
But inshaAllah PTI will prevail by the help and support of people and especialy youth of pakistan !!
I hope IK succeeds in bowling the corrupt out. But such challenges expose IK's hubris. Elections haven't been held yet and there is many a slip between the cup and the lip. He should remember the Ides of March. He should know what happened to Julius Caesar!!!!