Islamabad:
Ousted Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan has alleged that the Sharif household “paid a girl” – a veiled reference to his ex-wife Reham Khan — to put in writing a guide in opposition to him throughout the 2018 normal elections, asserting that the “mafia” is as soon as once more making an attempt his character assassination and would possibly launch one thing after Eid, a media report stated on Saturday.
Imran Khan referred to the guide in an oblique manner for the primary time since its publication in 2018 at a public gathering in Multan in Punjab province on Friday.
The ex-premier additionally spoke about his first spouse Jemima Goldsmith and stated the UK-born TV persona needed to undergo court docket circumstances and face allegations of being a member of the Jewish foyer from the “Sharif mafia”.
“They’re the individuals who paid a girl to put in writing a guide in opposition to me within the 2018 elections. They are going to as soon as once more go for my character assassination after Eid. For them I’ve a message … I’ll combat in opposition to them so long as I’m alive,” he was quoted as saying by The Categorical Tribune newspaper.
The guide titled ‘Reham Khan’ is a 2018 controversial memoir written by Reham, a well-known Pakistani British Journalist, filmmaker, and creator.
Imran Khan additionally accused Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif of ordering probably the most variety of encounters throughout his tenure because the Punjab chief minister and vowed he would proceed talking in opposition to the “mafias”.
He stated Sharifs ran an entire marketing campaign in opposition to Jemima, portray her as a part of the Jewish foyer.
Imran Khan stated Jemima was additionally booked in a bogus case pertaining to tiles and needed to face courts for a yr although the forensic take a look at had made it clear that the tiles weren’t vintage, the report stated.
Since his ouster because the prime minister, Khan has been in search of public assist in opposition to the “international conspiracy” and for conducting contemporary elections within the nation.
Throughout his speech, whereas urging the folks to return out to assist his narrative in opposition to what he calls “imported authorities”, Khan stated that he would attempt to collect two million folks in Islamabad to demand contemporary elections within the nation on the earliest.
To a charged crowd, he additionally vowed to additional expose the Sharif household by issuing a “White Paper” on their corruption circumstances.
He alleged that the international powers had “imposed” corrupt rulers simply because it was simpler for them to manage them.
Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf occasion took out protest rallies throughout the nation on April 10, a day after he misplaced a vote of no-confidence. Since then, Khan has addressed attended rallies in a number of cities, together with Karachi, Lahore and Peshawar.
Khan on Saturday introduced a tough timeframe for his deliberate lengthy march to Islamabad, issuing a name for the final week of Could with out mentioning the precise date, the Daybreak reported.
“This name is for all of Pakistan — not simply to the PTI,” he stated in a video message launched by his occasion PTI.
“I need to give a message to all of Pakistan to begin making ready from now. The beginning of our preparation might be chaand raat (eve of Eid) and I need to say particularly to the youth that it’s a must to come out with flags and inform the entire world that the Pakistani nation is alive,” he stated.