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Published 07 Sep, 2014 06:19am

Imran threatens to take Sharif to court

ISLAMABAD: Mounting pressure on the ruling PML-N, Imran Khan said on Saturday the government was not ready to accept PTI’s five demands in writing and announced that the PTI leadership would approach the Supreme Court to get Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif disqualified because he had allegedly lied on the floor of parliament.

Addressing participants of the sit-in at D-Chowk, the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chief said the government’s dialogue committee was announcing on the media that five demands of the PTI had been accepted. However, he pointed out, the government’s dialogue committee was not giving in writing what its members spoke on the media.

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“The PTI leadership will approach the Supreme Court to get Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif disqualified as he was telling lies on the floor of the National Assembly regarding the leadership of the PTI, PAT and the army,” Mr Khan said.

He alleged that the government was also lying to the people of Pakistan about the Chinese president’s visit because the latter had in fact no plan to visit Pakistan. The Chinese leader was only considering a visit to Pakistan, he added.

The PTI chief alleged that Finance Minister Ishaq Dar had also lied on the floor of parliament that the growth rate had increased 4.1 per cent last year because he had told the IMF officials that the growth rate remained at 3.3pc in 2013-14.

“Today is the 23rd day of the PTI sit-in and I will compel Nawaz Sharif to consider the demands of the PTI,” he said, adding the PTI would play the role of real opposition for the government.

Imran Khan reiterated his stance that he would not leave the D-Chowk until Mr Sharif resigned.

Published in Dawn, September 7th, 2014

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