KHAIRPUR, Aug 13: The Chairman, Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf, Imran Khan, has said that the economic conditions of the country are critical and asked what impression the PML and PPP are trying to create by demanding the return of Nawaz Sharif and Ms Benazir Bhutto.

He was addressing a gathering at the District Bar Association, Khairpur, on Tuesday.

He said that the two former rulers took loans and looted the national exchequer worth millions of rupees, and added that how they could be allowed to come back and lead the nation.

He said that to the best of his knowledge, the government was not hammering out any deal for the return of Nawaz Sharif and Ms Benazir and such news were creating the wrong impression in the minds of the general public.

He supported the reforms saying that the educational and judicial systems should be improved.

He observed that in a country where the judicial system was powerful, there would be no political crisis.

He suggested a national council consisting of retired judges, lawyers, journalists, intellectuals, and other responsible people for the accountability of the whole system.

Mr Imran said that successive elected governments had been providing an opportunity to the army to take over by creating a crisis-like situation in the country where the army was left with no other option.

Talking about the elections, he said he was sure that the elections would be held as per schedule and there was no reason for its delay.

Defending the reason for supporting the referendum of President Pervez Musharraf, Mr Imran said that there had been a meeting of political parties where all had agreed to support the referendum, but later some of them backed out.

Earlier, when the PTI chief arrived at Rasoolabad, he was accorded a warm welcome.

Imran Khan was accompanied by Meraj Mohammed Khan and Mir Hyder Ali Talpur, the president of the PTI, Sindh.