Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan said on Monday that Pakistan stand divided between have and have-nots where elite class have got all the luxuries and poor masses are deprived of even basic necessities of life as well as human rights. Addressing participants of the protest sit-in here at D-Chowk, he said affluent and rich people of the country should work for those who were struggling to make both ends meet.
"The rich have got all the facilities while the under-privileged class cannot afford medicines for minor ailments and education for their children," he maintained. Khan said his party would struggle to introduce uniform education system for the whole country as no country could make progress without quality education for all. "Out of 180 million Pakistanis, 100 million don't have toilets and proper sewerage system. More than 65 percent of the population in Lahore alone is consuming unhygienic drinking water," he said.
A large number of people, including women and children, participated in the sit-in on its 40th day in front of the Parliament House. Majority of the young participants were also wearing PTI colours and waving the party flags with only one dream in mind to change the status quo.
Talking about the electricity overbilling, he said the government has sent inflated bills and earned Rs 70 billion making it difficult for the poor masses to pay. "The government is shifting the entire burden to poor consumers instead of controlling theft of electricity," he said. The PTI chairman urged the party workers to become volunteers and convey the message of change to people in their vicinity. "After resignation of the prime minister, I'll visit Sindh and Balochistan. Pets in London have more rights than people in the interior of Sindh," he said.
Khan said that affluent of the interior of Sindh have made people their slaves and it was against the dignity of humanity. "We will free people from the clutches of oppressors and bring them to justice," he said. Referring to the participants, he said they would not show any sign of fatigue until their captain was in the field. "I am sure you (participants) have got a good stamina to weather all difficulties and problems," he said.
He said Pakistanis in the United States will protest outside the United Nations General Assembly where Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was going to address on September 26. "Overseas Pakistanis are going to treat the prime minister badly in the United States. The message will be conveyed to the whole world that Nawaz Sharif has got no legitimacy," he said. Khan said the sit-ins have created awareness among the public and this movement would continue till resignation of the prime minister. He also announced that the PTI was going to hold a big public rally at Minar-e-Pakistan Lahore on Sunday.
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