Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan on Monday said that he would file a murder case against Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif if violence was employed against his party workers during his party's August 14 rally. Talking to media persons, Imran urged that the Army should not support the government and stay neutral. He reiterated that PTI will challenge the imposition of Article 245 in the Supreme Court.
He said that Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has contacted him and agreed to meet his demands which included answers to: 1) Who scripted the victory speech of Nawaz Sharif on May 11, 2013? 2) What was the role of caretaker Punjab chief minister Najam Sethi? 3) What was the role of the then-chief justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry? 4) And lastly why returning officers were not put in palace under the Election Commission of Pakistan?
PTI chief said he could ask Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) chief Tahirul Qadri to become a part of his 'tsunami march'; however, he said he did not agree with his 'revolution' agenda. In response to unconfirmed reports that suggest that Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan considering joining the ranks of PTI, Imran said his "party's doors are always open for Nisar as he is the only person in PML-N who is not a 'darbari'". Imran arrived in Bannu as promised to celebrate Eid with internally-displaced persons (IDPs) of North Waziristan.
While addressing the IDPs, the PTI chief apologised to them for not being able to offer Eid prayers with them because of bad weather. He said that his party and the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government would do everything they could for people affected by the ongoing military operation in North Waziristan.
Condemning Sindh and Punjab governments' decision to stop IDPs from entering their provinces, the PTI chief remarked that "the IDPs are Pakistanis and are allowed to go to any part of Pakistan". He said the entire nation shared the hardships of internally displaced persons (IDPs) of North Waziristan. Imran Khan celebrated Eid with the IDPs of North Waziristan in Bannu said that the displaced persons are passing through a difficult situation.