Imran warns Nawaz, Nisar against blocking ‘peaceful protesters’

Published November 24, 2014
PTI Chairman Imran Khan. — AP/File
PTI Chairman Imran Khan. — AP/File

ISLAMABAD: PTI Chairman Imran Khan on Monday warned Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan against taking any action against peaceful protesters on November 30, otherwise he will not be responsible of “any reaction” in this regard.

“Listen, Nawaz Sharif, Nisar Ali Khan… you people will pay the price for your action if you stop PTI supporters from entering Islamabad on November 30,” he said while addressing participants of his ongoing sit-in at D-Chowk.

“Today is not August 14 but November 24… we reached Islamabad for sit-in in summer but we are still here in winter and look we’ve remained peaceful for the last 104 days of our movement against the poll rigging in the last year’s elections,” Khan added.

“This time, the young supporters of the PTI will not face violence of the police like sheep at any cost but they will face the challenge and stand for illegal action of the police against them,” the PTI chief said.

“You can send me to jail or you can declare me a proclaimed offender, but I have already decided that I will fight until my last breath to get justice,” Khan challenged.

The PTI chairman also challenged Sharif brothers to hold a public gathering in Peshawar, offering to make all the arrangements for the PML-N’s public gathering.

“You [PM Nawaz Sharif] claim to have bagged 15 million votes in the May 11 elections and it should not be an issue for you to hold such a public gathering… but you will only hear slogans of Go Nawaz Go,” Khan claimed.

He also alleged that the PML-N government was trying to create hurdles to stop the PTI supporters from attending the scheduled public gathering on Sunday.

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