RAWALPINDI: Imran Khan, the founder of the previous ruling party, said on Monday that a “umpire gave a no-ball” in response to the Supreme Court’s (SC) decision to remove the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) of its “iconic” electoral symbol bat, which was awarded days before the general elections.
In an unofficial interview with reporters in Adiala Jail, Khan said that the “London Plan” was the reason for his imprisonment and that efforts were made to destroy the PTI as part of the secret arrangement.
The PTI founder had previously maintained that he had signed a “agreement” in London that stated Nawaz Sharif, the leader of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), would receive a clean sheet and he would be jailed in order to defeat his party.
The imprisoned PTI founder launched a new attack on the three-time former prime minister, claiming that Nawaz always chooses the umpires for his matches. “The day before yesterday, an umpire gave a no-ball,” he added.
In reference to the purported plot’s execution, the ousted prime minister declared that “all the cases against Sharif have been ended.”
The Pakistan Peoples Party co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari, the PML-N supremo, and his daughter Maryam Nawaz had acquired bulletproof cars from the Tosha Khana, Khan claimed, adding that no one was prepared to hold them responsible.
Khan made the following prediction while speaking at the event: “Something very bad is going to happen to them.”
In order for the public to be aware of the facts, he insisted that the cipher case be tried in public. “They inquire as to why I failed to keep the cipher secret.”
However, PTI Vice Chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi declared that the candidates from his party would run as “independent candidates” in the next elections.
The PTI leader made reference to the Supreme Court’s ruling during an unofficial conversation with reporters in the same court, saying, “The entire nation saw what sort of a level playing field the PTI received.”
He went on to say that when his daughter went for inspection, her nomination papers were stolen. Qureshi said she was forced to leave her hometown.
