Imran Khan said that “even if I am disqualified and thrown in jail, the party will still win.”
Islamabad:
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan has said that in case his party is banned, he will introduce a new political party to contest the next general elections and win the elections, Dawn reported citing Nikkei Asia.
Dawn is a Pakistani English newspaper.
In the wake of violent protests across the country on May 9 and the subsequent crackdown on protesters and the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, many government figures had called for the party to be banned.
Pakistan Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah said banning Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf was the only solution.
Defense Minister Khawaja Asif said a move in this regard was being considered and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman and Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari also said his party would not will resist any move to impose a ban on the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.
Asked about the impact of a possible ban on his electoral future by Nikkei Asia, Imran Khan said: “If they remove the party, we will form a party with a new name and still win the election.”
Imran Khan was quoted as saying that “even if they disqualify me and throw me in jail, the party will still win.”
The head of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf has stressed to the press that his supporter base “remains intact”, claiming that national politics had “fundamentally changed”.
On the ongoing crackdown on his party, Imran Khan said the government was “still trying to break it through intimidation”.
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