‘If one thing occurs…’: Imran Khan accuses Zardari of paying terrorists to assassinate him

Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan accused ex-president Asif Ali Zardari of paying terrorists to assassinate him.

New Delhi,UPDATED: Jan 28, 2023 11:28 IST

File photograph of Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan.

By India Today Web Desk: Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday accused ex-president Asif Ali Zardari of paying terrorists to assassinate him, reported PTI.

He accused Zardari of hatching a recent plan with the nation’s intelligence companies to assassinate him after the earlier two makes an attempt failed.

Imram Khan made critical allegations in opposition to the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) co-Chairman throughout a digital press convention from his Zaman Park residence in Lahore. He added that there have been three extra names together with Zardari who’re a part of this new plot.

Khan mentioned, “I am telling you this because if something happens to me the nation should know the people who were behind this so that the nation never forgives them.”

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The chairman of the Tehreek-e-Insaf party claimed that Zardari has an ample amount of corruption money which he is using to fund terrorist outfits.

“Now they have made a Plan C, and Asif Zardari is behind this. He has an ample amount of corruption money, which he loots from the Sindh government and spends on winning elections. He has given money to a terrorist outfit and people from powerful agencies are facilitating him. This has been decided on three fronts and they will act soon,” Khan claimed.

Khan’s claim follows government’s withdrawal of his additional security from his Lahore residence.

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Around 275 policemen deployed at Khan’s residence have been withdrawn, said PTI quoting government sources.

“Earlier, in a public rally, I had told my supporters that there were four people who had planned to kill me […] but they backed off when I made these revelations,” Khan said.

Then a “plan B” was made to “eliminate” me within the identify of faith, Khan continued, referring to the assault on his life in Wazirabad. “But I got to know about that too and I revealed their plan in two public rallies.”

Khan suffered bullet accidents in the correct leg on November 3 when gunmen fired a volley of bullets at him and others standing on a container-mounted truck within the Wazirabad space (some 150 kilometres from Lahore), the place he was main the lengthy march to press for snap polls.

Khan, 70, had earlier blamed Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah and Major General Faisal Naseer of ISI for that plot.

(With inputs from PTI)

Edited By:

Manisha Pandey

Published On:

Jan 28, 2023