Imran Khan: No political retaliation upon coming back to power
Imran Khan, the founder of the PTI and a former prime minister, said on Friday that his party will have a “Fatah-e-Makkah” stance when it comes to retaking power and that it will not pursue political retribution.
“We shall not seek political retribution; instead, we shall progress the nation and the country for the benefit of their development,” the PTI chief Ali Muhammad Khan said during a half-hour meeting with Imran Khan at Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail.
During the conversation, PTI leaders Latif Khosa and Amir Dogar were with Ali Muhammad Khan.
ابھی اڈیالہ @ImranKhanPTI صاحب سے ملاقات ہوئی ہے۔ ملاقات میں سردار لطیف کھوسہ صاحب اور محمد عامر ڈوگر صاحب بھی موجود تھے۔ ماشاءاللٰہ صحت اچھی تھی اور ہشاش بشاش لگ رہے تھے۔ تقریبًا آدھا گھنٹہ ملاقات رہی۔ اپنے لیڈر سے اتنے عرصہ بعد ملا بہت اچھا لگا۔ مردان کی تاریخی جیت کا سن کر…
— Ali Muhammad Khan (@Ali_MuhammadPTI) February 16, 2024
Imran Khan’s allusion to former South African President Nelson Mandela’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission was emphasized by Ali Muhammad Khan, who emphasized the significance of forgiveness and the truth in advancing the country.
Reiterating Imran Khan’s position, Ali said, “PTI coming to power will take Pakistan towards political stability and development, not revenge.”
Imran Khan’s claim coincides with escalating political unrest in Pakistan, a nation dealing with both political unrest and economic hardships.
The party described the purported election cheating as the “biggest assault on democracy” in Pakistan and said that the 85 National Assembly seats it won on February 8 were “snatched.”
The former PTI chairman had called for the US to take a firm stand against “rigging” the most recent general elections in Pakistan a day earlier.
PTI leader Barrister Muhammad Ali Saif told the media that the former prime minister had pressured the US to adopt a more stringent position on the latest general elections after meeting Imran in Adiala Jail. He was joined by former speaker of the National Assembly Asad Qaiser.
He went on to describe Imran as saying that given the way the PTI was eliminated from the polls, the US need to speak out more.
According to Barrister Saif, the founding chairman of the PTI believed that the US had backed corrupt and autocratic regimes, but that it now had a chance to speak out against the “rigging” of Pakistan’s elections.
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