- The PTI chief sought US help against the ongoing crackdown on party workers.
- The alleged audio leak includes Khan, US Congresswoman Waters.
- “No political party has faced the worst crackdown till date that the PTI has faced.”
Former prime minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan, who accused the US of ousting him from power in April last year, has reportedly blamed the ongoing crackdown on his party’s workers and leaders. has sought help from the US Congresswoman against .
An alleged audio leak of Khan and US Congresswoman Maxine Moore Waters surfaced on social media on Saturday in which the former can be heard asking the US lawmaker to speak out against “human rights violations” in Pakistan. Is.
“[This is] Perhaps one of the most critical periods in our history. We have the most bizarre situation going on in this country,” the former prime minister allegedly told another person believed to be a US congresswoman in the audio.
In the 1.57-minute long audio leak, the PTI chairman briefed the US lawmaker about his ouster from power and what followed. crack down on his party workers
“I was shot three times in an assassination attempt. My government was ousted by the former army chief [General Qamar Javed Bajwa] Because the military establishment here is very powerful.”
“He conspired with those who are currently in power and overthrew my government,” he alleged in the leaked conversation.
Khan added that his party was facing the “worst crackdown”, which he said no democratic party had ever faced in the country’s history.
Asking Congresswoman Waters to issue a statement in support of her party, Khan said: “We would appreciate it here because when someone like you Maxine makes a statement, it goes a long way.”
“We just want the rule of law and the constitution and fundamental rights. We just want to highlight a statement. [crackdown] And it will really help us when someone like you Maxine speaks, it makes a lot of waves,” he added.
The alleged audio came in the backdrop of an ongoing crackdown on PTI workers and leaders after they resorted to violent protests following the May 9 arrest of party chief Imran Khan in a corruption case.
Thousands of party workers and leaders have been arrested for vandalizing and setting fire to public and military installations across the country during the nearly three-day-long protests.
At least 10 people were killed and dozens injured during the riots, and the country’s civil and military leadership called the unprecedented violence a “dark chapter” in the country’s history and filed cases against the rioters under the Army Act and other related laws. He was determined to run. Country
PTI chief Khan has distanced his party from attacks on defense and government buildings and called for an independent judicial commission to investigate the vandalism.