Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chairman Imran Khan announced on Sunday that he would march towards Raiwind, the residence of the Sharif family in outskirts of Lahore, if the government fails to constitute an independent judicial commission led by Chief Justice of Pakistan to probe the Panama leaks.
"We are demanding full accountability; otherwise hundreds of thousands will join us in march," he said in his "address to the nation".
Khan also said that he would announce his next plan in his address to a big public gathering in Islamabad on April 24, the PTI's foundation day.
"We will announce our next plan of action on April 24 (PTI's 20th foundation day) and surround Raiwind to stage a sit-in there if our demands are not met," he said.
The prime minister has lost the moral authority to continue running the affairs of the state as he is accused of money-laundering, tax evasion, corruption and concealing his assets, he said. Khan also said the commission should also include white-collar-crime experts and an audit firm that follows the trail of money to determine where it leads. The government is not talking about the serious allegations against them but has resorted to attacking Shaukat Khanum hospital. He asked: Will our institutions silently observe all of this? Where is the FBR, the FIA, NAB?
The PTI chief also promised the nation not to "back off" this time and keep pushing for his demands of fair probe into the Panama leaks. "We ended the dharna because of a horrific incident. But this time we will not back off, we will go to Raiwind," he said, adding that he is giving the government until April 24 to meet his demand of constituting a judicial commission under Chief Justice of Pakistan. "The umpire has given his decision," he said.
This is the time to rise and if the masses will not struggle at this time, everything is bound to be destroyed, he said, adding the money hidden abroad through offshore companies is no more secret and demands that a struggle be waged against the wrongdoing. Regarding the refusal of request to deliver speech on Pakistan Television, Imran said that being the head of the "second largest party" of the country, he had the right to address the nation.
The government rejected PTI's demand to broadcast Imran Khan's speech live on state television on Friday, saying only the President and prime minister have the right to address the nation through national broadcaster. In his address, Khan said the government has been awarding those who have helped them in money laundering, corruption and rigging the elections.
He also said the Panama leaks were being probed the world over as British Prime Minister David Cameron is under pressure from the public to resign for benefiting from offshore company of his father. "This issue is not going to die down as we have decided to take it to a logical end," he said.
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