While addressing the media in Islamabad, PTI chief Imran Khan announced to hold a ‘dharna convention’ on January 18 to unveil his party’s next strategy.
“I will announce my future course of action on January 18,” he said. "Come what may… we will come out on the streets if a fair investigation under an empowered judicial commission of the 2013 polls is not initiated.”
Imran said the PTI sit-in at D-Chowk had ended in the wake of the Peshawar attack, but added that they would continue the protest if their demands were not met.
Commenting on an inquiry report on vote verification of NA-122, the PTI chairman said the commission has pointed out that there were 34,376 bogus votes in total.
“…moreover, 128 polling stations did not have Form 14 and Form 15,” he said, adding that voting bags were not sealed in 28 polling stations, which is a violation of Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) rules.
The PTI chief argued that Pakistan’s judicial system was such that one could come into power through rigging, without any accountability.
"Can a common man get justice in the existing judicial system?” he asked.
Imran said National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq has been hiding behind stay orders because he knew about rigging, and that he would be de-seated if there was a fair investigation.
He alleged that the ROs and presiding officers during the 2013 general elections were backed by the then caretaker government, while urging authorities to hold a fair inquiry.
“Weren’t they (ROs, presiding officers) present when the people’s mandate was being stolen,” said Imran. “Who was behind them…?”
Imran added that even electoral reforms won’t work till those who rigged the 2013 polls are held accountable.
PTI leaders Jahangir Tareen and Shah Mehmood Qureshi accompanied the PTI chief.
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@Ch. Allah Daad: Only you and N-leagers are upset. They want commission and PTI can stop the commission.
@HZ: You go and sit in the lap of NS. Please leave PTI alone. Thank you
Nawaz and Shahbaz Sharif both brothers only understand the language of protests and pressure. We thought that they will form a judicial commission when PTI ended its Dharna after the Peshawar massacre. However, these two leeches are taking advantage of the Peshawar massacre and they are running away from forming a judicial probe into the Model town killings and well as election rigging. May Allah show them the right path and they will stop strong textamassing wealth via hook and crook.
PTI sure hasn’t got their priorities right. In a day when many a people across the country would rathrr see the focus on figting the memace of terrorism, IK wants it all back on him. This shows his sincerity with this nation and country. He should stand by PML-N to fight against terrorism and support army to eradicated the menace of terrorism.
@Aimal: Not everything is fine but yes IK is little crazy and will make it worse. But why he doesnt accept the judical commision to probe his allegations?Whay is he insisiting on smokescreens. ?
@TK: To call the two major political parties criminal in a blanket staement , is not only wrong but it is also naeive if not malicious. Just answer one question; Why IK is NOT agreeing to a powerful judicial commision to investigate his allegations of mass rigging allegations he has been levelling against ex CJP, interim govt and election commision which benefitted PMLN so much that otherwise PTI would have come to power. You know and everybody knows that this is NOT the case and thats the precise reason for this impasse. Actually PTI wants to use election mapractices which happoen in EVERY elections as a smoke screen to rubbish the whole elections. Of course that is not accpetcable to the govt and even to the people like me who voted fort P[TI but beleive in rule of law and not rule of the jungle. He has 1977 as his model , if you know what I mean but shallow supporters with no knowledge wouldnt know or woudnt bother about the complex facts ,in any case. They must know that country has moved on and old practices of balckmail of seventies will not be repeated. I had big hopes on IK but the way he has condcuted himself since the last elections gives me a reason to think that I mad a mistake in voting for him. He seems interested in strenghtehning the blackmailers and coming to power thru them and not thru popular vote .May be he knows he can not?
Hehehe... Imran Khan is a funny man.
Not again Mr IK Niazi
We deserve the Leaders like Zardari & Sharif. Imran Khan Pagal Hai. Each and Every thing is Fine here in Pakistan. World Respect us. No Poverty. Judiciary is working well and is an example for the other counties as well. Sub Khuch Teek Hai...... we are facing one problem and and That is Imran Khan.
I am a huge fan of IK and a very big supporter of PTI. But now after the Dec 16 Peshawar incident and Mr. IK and his team's behavior and negligence on the same; i am least bothered what he is planning. They all think only of themselves....
@TK: And you probably want to be ruled by PTI criminals. Lol
Once again to distract the nation from the fight against terrorism. Can someone take out his batteries please!
What a shame for our country. The truth spilled out of his mouth during the interview with Mubassher Luqman that he gets bored very quickly. Our nation has problems on so many fronts but he can only think of one which at this moment is the least of our problem.
It is depressing - but all such signs seem to indicate that the Peshawar massacre have started fading from the collective minds of Pakistan, except for the devastated parents of those children. It won't be long before the Canadian Mullah will be in the news.
@Ranjha No Speaker DOES NOT have to pack up and go. He has won period. If some votes can not be verified, it is not his DOING. Regardless, Speaker has more votes now counted twice and he is a winner of election. There is no two ways about it. Speaker is NOT and will NOT go any where. Deal with it!
Pakistan announces Zarb-e-Azb, Imran launches street campaign of agitation. Pakistan launches 21st amendment, Imran wants to come back on streets. Perhaps taking sides and trying to protect some one?
@Ali.Baloch: And i was IK voter but now i would with lesser of two evils i.e nawaz sharif. So what would be your stance? So now you are much convinced that Imran khan can br the true leader?
I voted for PMLN in May, but now I’m beyond convinced that politics is more than anything an ego trip for Nawaz shareef, one that he does mostly because he enjoys it.
@Adnan Siddiqi:
The Lord of Riggings, aka Ayaz NOT Sadiq, has unleashed his vicious Gollum, Naan Siddiqui, aka Gullu Butt, to come and spew utter nonsense in these forums. No my precious, nothing doing. Speaker has to pack up and go!
Love you Imran Khan. And salute you to your resolve.
Shameful to see how the so called educated people are behaving above.
@Emjay: you summed it up efficiently.
@Wali:
And what focus is that exactly? What step has Govt. taken since the incident? Military courts just recently? where as they should have been implemented in not less than 2 days? Still you had so much hesitation from NS and others, reason being so they can save their own skin from these courts?
How long are you and your like minded people willing to serve these "royal" families? How much does Pakistan has to lose to realize it has been politically hijacked? When are you going to actually call yourself a free people?
A simple question directed toward the occult zombies & knucklehead mureeds of Deen-e-Imrani:
Please ask your wannabe leader to save y'all the constant abuses, ridicule and sarcasm by exposing the 35 punctures audio forthwith. I for one would quit supporting NS and become a cult worshiping disciple of Bhagwaan Niazi Banigala Sharif in an instant.
The bandits and murdering thugs of TTP and Mullah Fazalullah have re-launched their most valuable asset in the form of IK to divert public's attention once again from war on terror. Shame on a two bit pawn that IK is.
We want the government to crush these hideous creatures and their apologists without prejudice and try them in military courts for aiding and abetting terrorists.
This man sure hasn't got his priorities straight. We are fighting an existential war here. Our children are being attacked in their schools. Ask those mothers who sent their children to school today knowing that TTP has threatened more attacks like the one in APS. Are they really interested in your election rigging concerns? If you are addicted to dharnas now and can't live without them, take one out against this terrorism menace. The nation needs it. Because if terrorists have their way, there will be no Pakistan. And when there will be no Pakistan, where exactly will you be conducting your elections and judicial commissions? The Taliban will decapitate all politicans including you, wrap your heads in your precious ballot papers, and play football with it. Wake up already!
ET please post my comment.
While the whole civilized world is fighting against the terrorists who are defaming Islam, our ruler NS and leader IK have not come out with an open statement condemning fanatic terrorists. There are always ifs, buts, however, and justification of the terrorist atrocities and blatant cold blooded murders of innocent civilians. It is not surprising that these fanatic terrorists had endorsed and voted for the two rightwing leaders NS and IK in the last election while they were murdering ANP and PPP leaders. The main problem in Pakistan is terrorism in the name of religion. Yet these rightwing leaders are fighting for their own power ignoring thousands of the victims. Respecting the victims and coming out against terrorists without making excuses and justification is the need of the hour not the personal glorification and playing political games.
We support Ik stance . This compromised government of traders will never bring us out from this menace of terrorism as their supporters and vote bank lies in to be silent supporter in their vicious acts. They will never correct our judiciary which will be required which will be necessary for long term planning what's going to happen after two years of military courts as this war seems not to comes to an in a year or two. Morever India is helping sponsoring terrorism either through Ttp, Bla,or bra but our so called elected government is suspicious silence is astonishing for ant patriotic Pakistani citizen.
I voted for PTI in May, but now I'm beyond convinced that politics is more than anything an ego trip for Imran Khan, one that he does mostly because he enjoys it.
The government should let PTI and Imran liar cry. NS needs to continue focusing on good work and eliminating terrorists.
Imran Khan doesnt get it. If he thinks NS cane into power through rigging, tgan he should provide proof to the ECP or Supreme court. It is not the governments job to put together judicial commission becuase someone is crying fraud. Also missing form 14 and 15 are not PMLns fault, but the ECP. So go cry to them. Imran Kham and PTI doesnt give a damn about the country or militancy we are fighting.
Not this time! PTI supporters like myself have been made a fool of, he’ll keep everyone else in the cold and go home every morning for a quick nap, breakfast, shower and exercise and arrive back at 2pm!
Also, People did die as a direct result of this movement – and he was having his nikkah done in the container all whilst deceiving the people out in the cold with a constant stream of lies and truth mixed!. Note, the nikkah papers were not signed in the second nikkah ceremony at his home! He didn’t even attend his young cousins funeral because of the dharna - or so he claimed. But reality is, he refused to get over and forgive a family tiff even in death - even though all he expects constantly is forgiveness for his hypocritical and double game past in both his personal and professional life. With baby Immy on the way (explains the rush rush!), I hope the rest of his followers will wake up and seek a person better able to represent them and the people at large. I believe Imran is not that person who will be able carve out a new Pakistan because ultimately he always makes it about him, 'when I will become prime minister..', in fact he always has done so - even in the world cup speech. I'm so over it...
Can some one(Imran's rich financiers) plz buy a plot next to PM house for Imran so that he can build another palace there and go around boasting n calling himself Prime Minister?
Shame on PMLN--such blatant rigging! Useless crooks could not even rig right!
Maybe the focus should be on the judiciary? The Parliament just acknowledged that it doesn't work for terrorist so it's likely it's doesn't work for anybody.
Government should never allow him to continue his jugglery. People of Pakistan are fed up with him.
@TK: Excuse me? If you think that the elections were rigged go to courts and not to d chowk. PMLN is voted to power by the people, what ever you or PTI thinks is a separate issue. If PTI has a problem go to courts stop harping rigging.Legitimacy of elections are settled in courts and not on streets.
Mr Khan, nation wants you take stand against terrorists! When will you come to realise it!
Khan Sb. please set your priority.Terror fight or political fight?
I am a PTI supporter but No Imran this is not the time to do it again. If you were going to be back on the streets so soon then there was no point in calling it off. Not expecting too much support for you this time.
PPP Zardari- lets not do anything for the next 2 years but talk about tackling terrorism. Wow... what a great way to tell all Pakistanis to ignore PPP/PMLN corruption, rigging, mis-management, kick-backs.... And then there are some genuises willing to agree with them. Not sure what word other than 'hypocrites' can i use fo them.
Shame on IK... Despite loosing miserably on all counts, he still wants to continue his agitation...
People who have come into power through the backdoor cannot be expected to correct the system. Can we even begin to imagine how many more constituencies did not follow the correct protocol during the elections? Governments that come to power through such means cannot be trusted. I think we should all support a change in the system, irrespective how painful it is at the moment.
Yes terrorism is a problem but that does not mean election rigging is not. If this is not fixed now we will always be ruled by PML N and PPP criminals.
PTI sure hasn't got their priorities right. In a day when many a people across the country would rathrr see the focus on figting the memace of terrorism, IK wants it all back on him.
Oh not you again ...