Imran Khan says he ‘nonetheless holds trump card near his chest’

PTI founder Imran Khan arrives to appear at the Islamabad High Court on May 12, 2023. —APP
PTI founder Imran Khan arrives to seem on the Islamabad Excessive Court docket on Might 12, 2023. —APP
  • Aleema confirms PTI founder is in good well being.
  • Says Khan order to file FIR towards Shehbaz, Naqvi.
  • Ex-PM “orders to lift problem on worldwide stage”.

After the embattled Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) confronted an abrupt finish to its “ultimate name” protest in Islamabad, Aleema Khan, a sister of incarcerated occasion founder Imran Khan, mentioned on Tuesday that her brother “nonetheless holds trump card near his chest”.

“PTI founder informed me that he wouldn’t reveal his trump card proper now,” Aleema informed reporters after assembly the previous premier at Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail, the place he has been incarcerated for a couple of yr.

Aleema mentioned that she “waited for six hours yesterday however she was not permitted to fulfill Imran”.

She additionally dismissed rumours in regards to the PTI founder’s well being, saying that his well being is ok.

Detailing his brother’s stance on the outcomes of the “do-or-die” protest, Aleema claimed that the PTI founder had no entry to newspapers and tv in jail to remain up to date in regards to the nation’s developments.

She added that the PTI founder obtained details about the Islamabad demonstration from his legal professionals who met him at this time and yesterday.

It’s noteworthy to say right here that at the very least 4 regulation enforcers, together with three Rangers and one policeman, had been martyred throughout the PTI protest.

Alternatively, the previous ruling occasion claimed that at the very least 12 of their staff and supporters had been killed.

Pointing in direction of Islamabad police’s crackdown resulting in arrests of tons of of PTI protesters, Aleema mentioned: “Imran was shocked after getting updates in regards to the tragedy from us and instructed to register a primary info report (FIR) towards [Prime Minister] Shehbaz Sharif and [Interior Minister] Mohsin Naqvi.”

Subsequently, Imran mentioned that the incident would intensify public outrage and ordered the problem to be raised on nationwide and worldwide ranges. Aleema additionally referred to as for questioning the incumbent authorities for opening hearth on the demonstrators.

Criticising the previous ruling occasion’s high management, Aleema mentioned: “The PTI management ought to have been there on the container [during the protest] when Bushra Bibi was main the protesters.”

The previous ruling occasion’s much-hyped protest, geared toward securing Khan’s launch, had began on November 24 and “postponed” abruptly within the wee hours of Wednesday, November 27, following a late-night crackdown on occasion staff and leaders at Islamabad’s D-Chowk.

A day in the past, the jailed PTI founder was arrested in seven new instances linked to the current protests of his occasion which noticed fierce clashes between the regulation enforcers and the protesters.