With Sharifs, Zardari and Fazl around: No need for Jewish conspirators, says Imran

MANSEHRA: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has said in the presence of Nawaz Sharif, Asif Ali Zardari and Maulana Fazlur Rehman, the country didn’t need a Jewish lobby as they are far more dangerous for Pakistan.

Imran said Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi is the biggest puppet of the country’s history. He said the former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his younger brother Shahbaz Sharif are corrupt and have plundered the national wealth.

“Nawaz Sharif! You were ousted because you plundered the national wealth. You shifted money abroad through money-laundering,” he alleged while addressing a public meeting in the Baffa town on Monday.

Imran was on a whirlwind tour of Hazara division on Monday. He made stops in Haripur, Abbottabad, Mansehra and Baffa as part of the PTI’s membership drive. Addressing the public rally in Baffa, the native town of his former wife Reham Khan, the PTI chief maintained that Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif is a lair.

Coming down hard on the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari, Imran said the PPP ruled Sindh several times and during all these years its leaders plundered the national wealth. He lauded the performance of the PTI-led coalition government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and said the credit went to Chief Minister Pervaiz Khattak. “I don’t claim that whatever we promised was achieved as we are still striving to reform the outdated system in this province,” he said.

Earlier in the day, while speaking to the party’s women workers at the residence of PTI’s district president Babar Saleem Swati, Imran said the effective role being played by female party workers would enable the PTI to win the next general elections and come into power. “The upcoming general elections would determine whether the people want the old and corrupt system of governance or a new Pakistan,” he said.

Imran also briefly addressed a gathering at the Khatm-e-Nabuwwat Chowk in the heart of Mansehra city. In Haripur, Imran Khan addressed the membership campaign at Siddiq-e-Akbar Chowk and said the current downslide in the value of Pakistani rupee against the US dollar in the open market is an outcome of the unchecked money laundering by the rulers. He claimed that Pakistan loses 10 billion dollars annually due to money-laundering. “When the money is being sent abroad through corrupt practices, the inflation rate went up and resulted in the devaluation of the local currency,” he argued. Comparing the US dollar’s rate with some neighbouring countries, he said currently the rate of dollar in Pakistan is Rs115 which is the highest compared to the Indian Rupee, Bangladeshi Taka and the Afghani.

The PTI chief said the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and the PPP remained in power during the last 20 years but failed to provide relief to the poor and instead indulged in corruption. He said the PTI for the first time after coming into power in the KP enabled the people to have access to healthcare facilities and brought reforms in the police and education.

In Abbottabad, Imran addressed two functions of the party’s membership campaign and exhorted the workers to rise to the occasion and run a robust electioneering drive to win the polls. He was accompanied by Pervaiz Khattak and PTI divisional president Zargul Khan at the camp near the Cantt Police Station.

The second camp was arranged by another group led by Ali Asghar Khan and Sajjad Akbar Khan, former candidate from Havelian, accompanied by divisional and district office bearers. In his speeches, Imran claimed the forthcoming elections would change the destiny of the nation as people would get rid of those who have looted national wealth. He said he is depending on the youth, who are the backbone of the country, to fight the political mafia. He reiterated his stance about bringing revolutionary changes in the KP in all walks of life, particularly in health and education sectors.