Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Sunday addressed a political convention in Ghotki and asked the attendees to vow that they would never elect a politician who has financial assets abroad.

"I want you people to make a promise today — vow that you will never vote for a person who keeps financial interests and assets abroad," he said.

The second promise he sought was in connection with a social boycott of corrupt elements in the country.

Clarifying his own financial status, Khan said that he had started making money in the United Kingdom, through cricket, when he was as young as 18. He added that he spent 20 years making money in countries other than Pakistan, but yet all his property is currently in Pakistan.

In comparison, he said, "A joint investigation team had revealed that Nawaz Sharif has Rs300 billion holed away in foreign bank accounts while Zardari is not far away from him when it comes to corruption."

He cemented his argument by presenting the example of politicians from other parts of the world and said, "Western politicians can't even think of being elected if they have money hidden away in foreign countries."

Connecting financial corruption with morality, Khan said, "Societies die morally before they come to a financial death, which is why I am happy to see that Sindh has finally awakened."

He assured the people of Sindh that his political party would provide them social justice and eliminate poverty if PTI was to be elected in the province during the upcoming election next year.

The PTI chief lambasted the PML-N and PPP for their "poor" performance in their respective provinces in the past two years while claiming that his party's performance in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa could be judged by the 70 per cent reduction in the crime rate in the province.

"Nawaz Sharif's security alone took Rs6 billion out of the national exchequer in last four and a half years," Khan said during the speech, adding that he would end all such expenditures on the government's part.