Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan on Tuesday declared that he would give "good news" to the nation this week about his marriage, keeping the name of his would-be bride as top secret. Speaking at a crowded news conference along with party leaders upon his return from London, the PTI chief threatened the government that he would launch another round of protest if it failed to constitute a judicial commission by January 18 to investigate the credibility of votes polled in 2013 general elections.
Khan, who traveled to London last week to meet his children, said he wanted to speak with his children prior to making any decision pertaining to his marriage. "I did not have a chance to meet my children more frequently due to the 126-day sit-in protest and because of the Peshawar incident. Now I got the chance to meet them ... I will give good news to the nation this week," he said in reply to a question.
Amid wide-ranging speculation around his reported marriage with a TV anchor, Khan did not name any but added that stepping into wedlock was not a crime. "It's a Sunnah of the Holy Prophet (PBUH)," he said, adding it was necessary to inform his children prior to taking any decision.
"When you have children from your first marriage, they are the first priority and they are first affected by the divorce and then they are affected by another marriage," Khan said, adding that for a decade he did not even think about getting into wedlock again because he did not want to hurt his children. Earlier, he spoke in detail about alleged rigging in the 2013 general elections and gave the government January 18 deadline for the formation of a judicial commission to probe the rigging allegations. The PTI chief accused the government of staging a drama just to escape the investigation of fake ballot papers and bogus votes.
He maintained that his party has evidence of printing of fake ballot papers, adding that at least 30,000 bogus votes were cast in his constituency NA-122 whereas in the constituency of PTI secretary general Jahangir Tareen, around 49,000 bogus votes were polled.
He stated the government wanted to set up "a toothless" judicial commission to probe rigging allegations, adding he and his party leaders got to know that the government was actually not serious regarding formation of judicial commission. "Had the government been serious, nobody would have any problem with the establishment of a judicial commission," he added.
Referring to the investigation into NA-122 from where Speaker National Assembly Ayaz Sadiq was declared as winner, he maintained that the Speaker kept on hiding behind the stay orders of the court, adding the counter files in the NA-122 neither carried signatures nor stamps.
He added that Form 14 was not there in at least 100 polling stations although Forms 14 and 15 are mandatory for the Election Commission of Pakistan. He further claimed that 'colour ballot papers' were found from the polling stations which were printed at the last moment, while Returning Officers of the Polling Station 97 gave two different results.
About the establishment of military courts, the PTI chief said that it requires unity of the entire nation at this critical juncture. He said his party's stance was to bring an amendment to the Army Act 1952 for the formation of military courts. However, he added his party did not want to become a hurdle in the government's struggle to root out the menace of terrorism, which is a must for the future of our country.
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