ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan, while addressing his supporters on Monday on the third day of clashes between protesters and the police, said the time for Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s rule to come to an end has come.
“In maximum 48 hours we will say goodbye to Nawaz,” he remarked.
He also revealed that a PTI worker was killed in the morning today after being hit by a bullet.
Over 800 protesters broke into the PTV headquarters today but the Pakistan Army managed to get the situation under control and cleared the building pushing the protesters out.
Referring to the attack, the PTI chief condemned the incident and said that there was no justification for the attack.
“Whoever entered the PTV headquarters is not part of PTI,” he added.
Speaking about the clashes, Imran said that the government brought “other people” in police uniform to torture the protesters, referring to the impostors as Gullu Butts.
“PM Nawaz and Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan will be punished for this,” he remarked.
“If people who are responsible for the clashes are not punished they will keep on carrying out such acts,” the party chief stated.
Even police decided today not to break any law, said Imran, thanking the police.
“Our country is being changed forever; very few Muslim nations can say that they are a true democracy and I hope Pakistan will be the first nation to become a true democracy,” he said.
“We did not ask the army to become the mediators or facilitators in the ongoing political crisis,” Imran added, referring to the controversy over who requested for army intervention.
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Army's decision to stand neutral instead of following govt. orders , which they should do, proves that they are behind this staged drama.
IK zindabad!
How does one rig an election on such a massive scale as to get a super majority under the eyes of independent observers who gave the election a clean bill? Good subject for an independent reporter.
@salman: So you are admitting that what Imran Khan is doing today by attacking the parliament and pm's house is at the same level as what PMLN did almost 20 years ago. What you are ignoring is the fact that PMLN has admitted its mistake and has shown by its actions that it now understands the sanctity of democratic institutions. And what you are ignoring is the fact that PMLN has more than repaid the nation for the attack on the Supreme Court almost 20 years ago - it has stood like a rock in support of the Supreme Court when it was under direct attack by Musharraf and also when Zardari tried to weaken it. Imran Khan's naya Pakistan" is nothing more than what Pakistan used to be 20 years ago - the Pakistan everyone (political parties, military, civil society, bar associations) except Imran Khan are determined to move away from.
@salman : Nobody forgot PMLN attack on Supreme Court, it's still a black mark for them, and will always be. Moreover, it took PMLN 15 years to recover from that slip, even though it was done in a different era of PK politics, when there was no electronic media. IK and his PTI don't have even half of that time left for them to bounce back. And after Javaid Hashmi's second press conference, IK is further exposed. He is finished now, whether fasadis like it or not.
http://www.samaa.tv/editor-s-choice/01-Sep-2014/how-ssp-ops-got-injured
shame on pti and pat
Delusional.
@Ch. Allah Daad: Well Said.
I am ashamed of Mian Sahib who has acted like a coward. Order your armed forces to vacate Islamabad from these terrorists. If they don't follow orders, then resign and go home. It will prove that army is behind this drama and want to paralyze elected government. Next time Taliban will do the same, They will come in Islamabad unarmed and after occupying buildings they will arm themselves.
I hope and pray that Naya Pakistan comes into being in its True sense. The real peoples Pakistan. May The Lord guide you to success. Imran.
“In maximum 48 hours we will say goodbye to Nawaz,” Please do remember what you are promising. Do not promise what you can't deliver. Your own words will come back and bite you. In a democracy, one becomes a leader by being voted in. Constitutionally the waiting period is another five years before the next elected government can rule. If you have any gripes with the Election commission then protest to change the way the commission is run. By bringing down an elected government by creating chaos will only create difficulties for newly elected governments in the future.
@Noumy: Inshallah Imran Khan's protests will be brought to an end and the nation will not be held hostage to mob rule. Why can't Imran Khan and Tahirul Qadri be sensible and realise how the future will only see more violent mobs try to take over Islamabad every time people are not happy. How can anyone justify taking down a government with a few thousand violent protesters? Do majority voters not matter in the PTI view?
@Xman: If people forgave PMLN for attacking supreme court, then they will forgive PTI as well :) Pakistanis are a very forgiving people :)
Yawn! IK you are becoming too predictable with your inanities.
@Salman: Nation is not blind my dear Salman, live photage is available for the crime scene, PTI and TuQ both not only damaged the equipment but also involved in looting of the cameras and other stuff from inside the building. Its a shame for the leader still denying this is not done by PTI else PAT doing it.
If so then Immu Khan should be charged with Murder for insiting the person who died !
Shame on you PM for behaving so weak, you cant protect the the Parliament house/ PTV office.. let alone your prime ministership
Shame on you IK, for bringing PK to its lowest point in history. You will be remembered as the instigator of a mob that attacked parliament house, broke into PTV, and created anarchy in PK. A big part of PTI has already said goodbye to you! Whether you realise it or not, your political career is finished.
Khan sb carrying on we are with you.
Respect for IK is iincreasing day by day and feeling proud for being PTI supporter. May Allah protect Paksitan and Imran Khan
Paid commentators pretending to be ex-PTI supporters. We will fight against tyranny and if necessary, fall! But we will never capitulate! PTI and Pakistan Zindabad!
PTV attack is not from PTI side. This attack is done by GOVT itself to blame Imran Khan & PTI, GOVT want to express a bad impression of PTI.
Voted for pti and regret it.
If Nawaz Sharif was more of a leader than a ruler, this would not have come to pass.
Anyone remember the time PMLN attacked supreme court? No? See...our people forget, they will forget this too...
Mr prime minister if you don't remove miscreants with iron hands, which law of the land fully supports you,you lose all grounds to rule this country.You have to win this war of nerves for the sake of democracy.
Why do you say NS time is up?Just because you want that chair?I voted for PTI but after seeing what you are upto ,I regret it and will never do so again. And I have seen your version of democracy already. You are insluting millions of people on daily basis who voted for PMLN and you fired your own Presedint because he differred with you. Enough is enough , go home.
army should arrest imran khan immediately
This is the same mob attacking minorities only difference is,it's led this time directly by 'supreme' leadership which is none other than IK and TQ.Catch them by their foreheads and push them behind bars. IK and TQ you are a history only to taught in school books as enemies of Pakistan .
PTI all the way.
This man Imran khan is the only leader in Pakistan, he is the best no doubt about it. He knows how to lead from front. Truly inspiring leader.
we are with you Khan all the way till the end, no matter what!!
Imran Khan Zindabad
Inshallah Nawaz rule will be over .. ameen