Islamabad: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has decided that party leader Imran Khan should go to Karachi and address protesters Sunday, media reported Thursday.
“After having sustained our sit-in in Islamabad for more than a month, the party leadership believes now the time has come to spread this movement all over the country,” a PTI official said Wednesday.
The PTI has a strong presence in Karachi, where workers have been regularly organising rallies since the beginning of the Azadi march on August 14.
Earlier, Imran Khan announced that he would go to Karachi to thank party workers only after securing Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s resignation.
“The decision to expand the movement is in response to the government’s stubbornness. If the prime minister believes he can beat us with the support of two houses of parliament, he is either misreading the situation or his advisers are misleading him,” a senior PTI leader said.
The PTI’s deputy general secretary Imran Ismail has been tasked with making arrangements for the Karachi rally.
The protests led by PTI chief Imran Khan and Pakistan Awami Tehreek chairman Tahirul Qadri began on August 15 in an attempt to overthrow Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, whom they have accused of rigging the 2013 general election.
Meanwhile, Federal Minister of Railway Khawaja Saad Rafique said Khan and Qadri caused loss of billions of dollars to economy of the country.
Talking to media in a joint press conference with Minister of State for Water and Power Abid Shair Ali outside the Parliament house here on Thursday Khawaja Saad Rafique said both leaders are not digesting the progress of Pakistan and they did all to degrade the patriotic Pakistanis, judiciary and parliament.
He said Qadri and Khan deserve congratulations as the visit of Chinese President has been postponed.
Saad Rafique said Imran Khan and Qadri have jammed the government by making women and children their shield.
Khan has practically put the government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in prison he should release it immediately.
Saad Rafique said visit of Chinese President is continuing in India instead of Pakistan and he is signing contracts of investment worth billions of rupees out there.
Khan and Qadri sabotage the foreign investment.
He said, Khan’s protest has failed and he want that he would be arrested for that his name would remain in politics but he will not be arrested at any cost.
On this occasion Minister of State for Water and Power Abid Shair Ali said contracts of 10,500 Mega Watt were to be signed on the visit of Chinese President, several units of 50 megawatt along with Gaddani project were to be established but unfortunately it could not happened.
He said prime minister visited China several times, which compelled China to invest in Pakistan but Khan and Qadri sabotage this foreign investment.
Abid Shair Ali said Khan’s political party is the first one that made Judiciary and Army controversial, Nation will never forgive him.
He said the country is fighting with flood and they are organising dance parties.
Abid Shair said work has been stopped on Port Qasim due to which we will have to face shortfall of electricity from the whole country.
He said Imran Khan is the enemy of economy and disgracing Pakistanis, due to this situation of civil war is forming we will have to save the country.
Abid Shair Ali said we are investigating the increase in bills, Dr Musadiq will submit a complete report on this investigation in the meeting of cabinet on Monday and Prime Minister will take decision on it.
