Image of politics has been tarnished, says Imran

MALAKWAL: PTI Chairman Imran Khan on Wednesday vowed to put the corrupt people behind the bars after winning the upcoming general elections and said the image of politics had been tarnished.

Addressing a rally at Pind Makko, Imran warmly welcomed former PPP leader Nadeem Afzal Chan for joining the PTI and said the PPP had moved far away from the Bhuttoism’s ideals.

"Quaid called for a welfare state. I am loyal till I stand for the party's manifesto but if I start making palaces on the money of poor, there is no need for the people to call me their leader," he said.

The PTI chief said Chan's joining his party would prove good for the people of Mandi Bahauddin and hailed the former PPP leader for having a 'political background'. He said the rulers had looted the money and stashed it abroad through money laundering. They would be sent to jail and the PTI was going to do that when the people gave give it the mandate in the elections, he added.

Imran said the concept of a welfare state originated from the Madina state and the PTI was following the same mission, adding that his party would make Pakistan a welfare state working for the prosperity for the common people.

In his address, Chan said the Sharif brothers had occupied the Punjab for the last 35 years and only Imran could end the occupation. "We are with Imran in his Jihad against Nawaz. No one except Imran can send Nawaz to jail and that is why I support him unconditionally," he said. He said his ideology was to serve the people, not blindly imitating the party leaders.

Chan said he remained committed to Bhuttoism, “but if the PPP's ideology is now Sharjeel Memon (a PPP leader facing corruption charges) then I am better without it”. Separately, Imran in a video message advised all his workers to dash to the Minar-e-Pakistan in Lahore on April 29 along with their friends and relatives. He said he would share the details of his dream of a new Pakistan during the rally.