‘Forced divorces’: Imran Khan blames Pak govt as prime leaders hand over event over violent protests

By India Today World Desk: Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, who faces over 100 circumstances all through the nation, has accused the state authorities of making an attempt to dismantle his event, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, by “forced divorces”.

Imran Khan talked about the federal authorities, on the pretext of May 9 violence and arson, is making an attempt to dismantle the event by “forced divorces” and by making an attempt PTI members in military courts.

“This is not dismantling PTI but our democracy, our freedom,” Khan talked about.

The assertion assumes significance as a couple of of his aides and totally different prime leaders have hand over the event, condemning the violence unleashed by Imran Khan’s supporters following his dramatic arrest on May 9.

Last yr on the twenty fifth of May commenced our descent into fascism. While three prolonged marches by PDM in the midst of the three.5 years of PTI govt had been allowed with none hindrance, we confronted the whole stress of state terror.
Houses broken in the midst of the night time time and PTI office bearers andâ€æ
— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) May 25, 2023

For the first time in Pakistan’s historic previous, the protesters stormed the army headquarters (GHQ) in Rawalpindi and as well as torched a corps commander’s house in Lahore. The PTI later condemned the violent protests. But, Fawad Chaudhry, Dr Shireen Mazari, Fayyazul Hassan Chohan, Malik Amin Aslam, Mahmood Moulvi, Amir Kayani, Jai Prakash, Aftab Siddiqui and Sanjay Gangwani, amongst many others, left Imran Khan’s event.

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Now the federal authorities crackdown in opposition to the PTI is in full stress and many additional event leaders are liable to half strategies with Imran Khan. According to Khan, over 10,000 PTI employees and supporters are in jail and are going via custodial torture. But he stays defiant.

In a tweet on Thursday, the PTI chief talked about, “Last year on the 25th of May commenced our descent into fascism. While three long marches by PDM [Pakistan Democratic Movement] during the 3.5 years of PTI government were allowed without any hindrance, we faced the full force of state terror. Houses broken in the middle of the night and PTI office bearers and workers kidnapped. And then whoever got to Islamabad faced tear gas, rubber bullets and police brutality.”

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He talked about, “Some of us thought it was one off but that was just the beginning. Today the largest and the only Federal party is facing the full fury of state power without any accountability. Over 10,000 PTI workers and supporters in jail including senior leadership and some facing custodial torture.”

Imran Khan ended his tweet with a warning to the federal authorities. He talked about, “The attempts to enslave us will fail as we have a politically aware young population who, despite media being muzzled, gets its information from social media.”