GUJRANWALA: Imran Khan has said on Wednesday that families of army personnel will also take part in his upcoming march to Islamabad to remove the “imported government that came to power through a US-backed conspiracy”.
Imran addressing a huge public meeting here said: “The police will also help you [in getting to Islamabad]. They will send their family members with you and government employees will [do the same] as well.
He added: “And I know my army’s families will also come with us to Islamabad.”
Imran has been planning a long march towards Islamabad at a yet undecided date later this month in a bid to pressure the government into holding immediate elections as he claims that his government was “conspired against” and unfairly ousted by the US, with the help of his political opponents and in the form of a successful no-trust move against him last month.
The former prime minister said that he would unveil the date of his long march during a rally in Multan on May 20 (Friday). He hoped he would win the “fight for real independence in Islamabad this month”.
The PTI chairman called on women, children and the elderly to participate in the march.
Imran said that he was calling the people to Islamabad to foil the “American conspiracy” and send a message to all the conspirators that Pakistan was a “free nation”.
Imran said: “This isn’t politics, this is revolution.” He added: “The biggest dacoits and mafias” of the country were standing on one side and the nation on the other.
“This is called revolution when the people become a nation and then we [can] combat these mafias who suck our blood. [We] will badly defeat them.”
He lashed out at Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and accused him of “polishing boots” of officials from the US Embassy.
He said: “When Shehbaz sees the army boot, he polishes them that he sees his own reflection.”
