been purchased in Dubai alone, which included one which belonged to corrupt politicians.
Imran lamented that while prices of all items of daily use were going up, farmers were not getting fair price of their commodity, particularly in Punjab and Sindh and after rice growers, now wheat farmers were also not getting bags for their crop.
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, he alleged, had appointed someone as chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PAC) for his role in electoral rigging. Imran added that Najam Sethi could not bring about improvement in cricket, as this could be done only be someone, who understood it.
About the PTI’s poor performance in local bodies polls in cantonments in Rawalpindi and Lahore, Imran said it was good that this exercise was held before local bodies polls, as this would help them learn from their mistakes.
About the reports of change in the original route of Pak-China Economic Corridor, Imran said the route via Dera Ismail Khan was short and had he been the prime minister, he would have opted for it, saying taking a decision on this issue, the entire country should be kept in kind.
Imran’s news conference was marred by noisy protest by scores of employees of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Workers Welfare Fund outside the party’s head office. Some of them even forced their entry into the lawn of the office, leaving Imran to hold his news conference at the terrace.
The echo of their loud sloganeering could be heard during the news conference. Hundreds of employees have been staging a sit-in outside Imran’s residence at Bani Gala for several weeks for the acceptance of their demands. The PTI chairman had to chair the previous core committee meeting at the head office through video conferencing while sitting at his residence, it was learnt.
Protestors chanted slogans against Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister Shah Farman, who Imran said had held three meetings with them besides Chief Minister Pervaiz Khattak’s meeting with them, who wanted them to go through the process of test prior to extension in their contract.
Imran claimed that a former provincial minister had received heavy amount to recruit incapable persons in the department without subjecting them to appear in test. The PTI chief wondered how could they be allowed to play with the future of young generation.
He pointed out the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) had also asked for making test mandatory before extending their contractual term.After his news conference, Imran could not go away, as several protestors blocked the way of his vehicle, forcing him to return to the office again. However, after some time, he managed to go back to his residence without holding talks with the protestors, who then shouted slogans against the PTI and Imran.