rights automatically stood compromised, he noted.
“We are a slave nation, whereas in the West even animals enjoy rights and here the common man can’t have the right to vote as per his liking,” he maintained.He proposed to the government to have trust in the judiciary and let judges investigate the rigging allegations in the 2013 elections through a judicial commission under Article 218 of the Constitution.
Imran wondered why the government was afraid of a probe into the last polls if it had won through a fair and transparent manner.The PTI chief warned that once they realised that the government would in no way form the commission, they would again come out on the roads and this time their protest would be unprecedented.
About the resignation of Punjab Governor Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar, Imran said the governor had paid the the price of speaking the truth when he exposed the deep-rooted corruption mafia.
Imran wanted to know how Husain Nawaz, son of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, had amassed so much wealth. He charged that the PML-N deliberately allowed the PPP to indulge in corruption and in turn now the PPP was letting PML-N government to do the same with Pakistan.
He alleged the Sharifs had turned the entire Punjab into a police state, charging the rulers only knew how to run their monarchy and had no interest to serve the masses and resolve their problems.
Imran regretted that real democracy never took roots in Pakistan as families of a few continued to rule Pakistan turn by turn to loot the nation.The PTI chairman went on to allege that the rulers were using the Punjab Police to victimise their political opponents. In this context, he referred to alleged firing of PML-N goons on his Faisalabad rally. Imran wondered who would give justice to a Pakistani, the slain PTI activist Haq Nawaz.
He announced that they would approach the Election Commission of Pakistan on Friday for day to day hearing of cases pending with the election tribunals. Imran also wanted judgment in the NA-122 petition on the basis of daily hearing.Replying to questions, Imran contended that the stance of (party leader) Hamid Khan had nothing to do with PTI’s position on the establishment of military courts.