No change, hardships increased after new army chief, claims Imran Khan

• Imran Khan “would not want institution”.
• PTI chief says is not going to discuss to “scoundrels”.
• Says PDM events wish to ship him to jail.

LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan has claimed that their issues have elevated after the appointment of the brand new military chief.

In an interview with BBC Urdu, the previous premier stated they had been anticipating change after the change of command on the GHQ; nevertheless, there’s “no change the truth is hardships have elevated” for the get together.

Whereas responding to a query about his “intention” to fulfill the Chief of Military Workers (COAS), Normal Asim Munir, the PTI chief stated it was being reported that he needed an viewers with the brand new chief however “I do not want institution, the get together which has public help would not want crutches”.

He stated that he solely needed polls within the nation and for this, he was prepared to speak to anybody.

“When requested what is going to I do if the institution says it needs to speak to you, I stated I’m a political individual and may discuss to everybody apart from these thieves (PDM authorities).”

He, nevertheless, maintained he by no means invited the military chief or Shehbaz Sharif to talks.

The PTI chief’s feedback got here a day after Gen Asim Munir’s assertion — whereas chatting with the nation’s main businessmen earlier this week —  had revealed that Khan requested a gathering with him however was denied.

When requested in regards to the perspective of the institution after the change in army command, the ex-PM stated, “It did not matter to us, circumstances had been filed in opposition to us in the course of the tenure of Normal (retd) Bajwa. By no means earlier than that, had there been a lot custodial torture in opposition to senior residents. We thought there shall be a change, however there was none, fairly issues elevated for us”.

He additional stated they [the ruling parties] needed me disqualified or jailed in order that they may win this election. “The nation was in opposition to the ruling events, so I received the 2018 election. And after this inflation, these events have been buried.’

Relating to Parvez Elahi’s induction into the get together and appointment because the president, Imran Khan stated that the vice-chairman [Shah Mahmood Qureshi] was the quantity two individual within the PTI hierarchy.

Khan claimed there have been greater than 70 circumstances in opposition to him, these circumstances had been of unusual nature and would finish as quickly as they go to court docket.