ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan on Saturday censured the policies of the ruling PML-N, particularly foreign tours of the Sharif family members with the prime minister.

“Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is on an official visit to China and his younger brother Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif is accompanying him. But why Pervez Khattak, who is also a chief minister, is never invited to accompany the prime minister in his foreign visits,” Khan said, addressing the sit-in participants.

“The nation knows the motives of PM Sharif’s visit to China,” he said without elaborating.

Mr Khan added that the ruling elite was busy building its business empire.

The PTI chief felicitated his supporters on the completion of 87th day of the sit-in and reiterated his commitment not to end the struggle till the prime minister’s resignation.

He said the PTI had launched its struggle against the government in the wake of allegations of rigging in the 2013 elections.

“The PTI resorted to this last option of protest after justice was denied to it.”

He again alleged that the PML-N and the opposition PPP had struck a deal to support each other under the guise of democracy.

“If there is real democracy in Pakistan, why the rulers are hesitant to declare their assets before the nation,” he asked.

Mr Khan said that in Pakistan there were different laws for the rich and the poor.

Published in Dawn, November 9th, 2014