I own column in ‘The Economist’, says Imran

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan Monday said he owned the column published in an international journal recently.

“I take full responsibility for the article published in The Economist recently,” he said while informally talking to media persons in the courtroom at Adiala Jail, Rawalpindi. When Geo News reporter asked him whether he himself wrote that article, he firstly replied in the affirmative and later said he had dictated it. He claimed that “next week, his [fresh] speech will also be on social media”.

When Geo News reporter asked whether that speech would be an audio or a video, Khan replied, “Today is an era of artificial intelligence.”

The PTI founder said elections should be held in the country on time though the process of participation had been made very difficult for his party. He stressed that elections must be held in any case. “Elections are very important for the country’s economy and political stability.”

“It has been made difficult for us to contest the elections, yet the elections should be held on time,” he added. The former premier said: “These people are conducting an inquiry against me regarding the May 9 incidents. May 9 is a conspiracy against us. Who stole the CCTV footage of my arrest from the Islamabad High Court, the attack on GHQ and Corps Commander’s House? Find the CCTV footage thieves, and all will be revealed.” “It is a conspiracy to trap me; it’s a conspiracy against the PTI,” he claimed.