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Updated 14 Sep, 2014 02:02am

Arrests, torture will not stop creation of Naya Pakistan: Imran

ISLAMABAD: Addressing a charged crowd at the PTI Azadi March, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chief Imran Khan said that the government could arrest his party workers or torture them but a new Pakistan would be created regardless.

At a gathering marking the thirtieth day of the protest in Islamabad city, Khan said ‘the tigers and tigresses are not scared of suicide bombers’.

“Nawaz Sharif grew up in the nursery of a dictator and does not know the Pakistani nation,” the PTI chief said.

He further criticised Maulana Fazlur Rehman and said that the JUI-F Chief would never again be able to win a single seat.

On the occasion, Khan said that the high-ups of Islamabad and Punjab police would be taken to the courts for justice.

It must be noted that two days ago Khan had said that he would share the names of the killers of MQM MPA Tahira Asif and Minority MPA Hendry Masih. However, at the dharna he did not reveal the names of the alleged killers.

The Imran Khan-led movement against Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, had partially paralysed life in the twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi. Containers and police personnel continue to guard state buildings against charged protesters.

Khan has rallied supporters with the aim to remove Nawaz as prime minister in protest of alleged rigging in the 2013 general elections.

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