Imran Khan wants to build ‘Naya Karachi’

KARACHI: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Sunday said he has arrived in the city to build a Naya (New) Karachi and added that saving the economic hub of Pakistan was a shared responsibility of all.

The PTI leader had arrived in the metropolis last night to campaign for the upcoming third and final phase of Local Government polls in Sindh and Punjab.

Speaking at a corner meeting at the Kukri Ground in Lyari, he said there was a ‘union’ of corrupt in the country as according to him they unite every time an action was taken against any such individual.

Khan urged the masses not to vote for any party, whose head’s wealth and properties were abroad.

“Criminals and Qabza mafia have taken control of the country and they have united in the name of saving democracy,” said the PTI chief.

“But they have not joined hands to save the democracy but to save corruption,” he added.

The PTI chairman, whose party is governing the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, claimed that they would not have to run the election campaign for the next general elections in KP if the PTI continues to remain in power there.

Earlier speaking at a similar gathering in Banaras, he called on voters and supporters to end what he termed the monopoly of a single political party in the city.

“We have to create history in Karachi. There is monopoly in Karachi of a political party which takes turns in power over and over again. And you can see the condition of the people today,” he said.

“If these people remain in power, the condition of Karachi will also stay the same,” he said.

Imran urged citizens of Karachi to come out and vote for the PTI and Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) in the local government elections in the city.

The PTI and JI have reached an understanding to ‘root out their opponent’ the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) in the local bodies' elections in Karachi, scheduled to be held on December 5.