KEY HIGHLIGHTS
- “LNG scandal, Bushra Bibi involvement, sugar scandal you name it… all these scandals came during Imran Khan’s government,” said Maryam Nawaz during a public rally
- She added: “Unfortunately, Pakistani politics met with a person who is the biggest liar, chaos-maker and imposter. He used to say to people that we are US slaves. He kept people busy with his conspiracy claims. This is the biggest drama in Pakistan’s history.”
- Defence Minister Khawaja Asif criticised Imran Khan for his “politics of hate and intolerance”, which he said had divided the nation and left permanent damage
As a result of a no-trust vote that was held in April, Khan was ousted, but he refused to accept defeat and instead blamed an American conspiracy that involved local actors as the reason behind his removal. The powerful establishment has been upset by his belligerent posturing.
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His video message upped the ante by threatening to identify those responsible for toppling his government if his harassment and that of his party did not stop.
“If we are pushed against the wall and harassed, then I will be forced to speak up and will lay bare everything before the nation about what happened,” he said.
Khan said he was keeping mum to protect the nation, but he knew everything about the people who were responsible for his downfall. “I know how this conspiracy happened and who is involved,” he said.
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Additionally, he announced he had recorded a video identifying “which characters did what and who committed this great betrayal with the country” and that would be released if anything happened to him.
He also accused the current rulers of corruption and claimed that the government was harassing journalists who appeared to be pro-PTI.
“I’ve never seen such fascism in Pakistan and the kind of fear that is being spread,” he said.
