Nowhere I mentioned to sever ties with US: Imran Khan
Pakistan
Nowhere I mentioned to sever ties with US: Imran Khan
(Dunya News) - Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman and former Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday said that he knows how to talk to America, they will only respect you if you would talk to them on equal footing and nowhere did he mention to sever ties with the U.S.
In an interview, the PTI chairman while quoting an example from history said that from the beginning he was saying that Pakistan should not join America’s war. The war against the Soviet Union in the 1980s was called jihad. The U.S. reached Afghanistan and the fight against them was called terrorism. When America came, those who fought against the Soviet Union turned against us, he added.
Imran Khan said that it has been his ideology for 20 years that Pakistan’s foreign policy should be independent.
“My view is that Pakistan’s foreign policy should be for the people of Pakistan,” he said.
Rebuking the incumbent government the PTI Chairman further said that it would have been better if the Prime Minister had not to compromise on the sovereignty of the country. He added if someone tells us that you can’t go to Russia, who are they to dictate us.
Imran Khan said that, “India is America’s partner and can buy oil from Russia, so why not us?”
The PTI chairperson further added that he was chosen by 220 million Pakistanis to lead, adding that country always rises above with self-determination and pride, not by bowing down.
Will decide the future course of action on Sunday: Imran Khan
Earlier, the former prime minister Imran Khan said that the looters have mortgaged the country to save their assets and inflicted inflation on the people but together we will decide the future course of action on Sunday.
He said this in his meeting with party spokespersons. During the meeting, former federal minister Hamad Azhar was congratulated for his hard work to get Pakistan out of FATF and bringing this milestone to Pakistan and tributes were also paid to the members and officers of FATF Coordinating Committee.
The meeting also reviewed the nationwide protests over electricity, oil and gas prices, while matters relating to inflation and imported govt also came under discussion.
Imran Khan said that the party’s future strategy will be decided in tomorrow’s (Sunday) protest against inflation, adding that the incumbent rulers have increased the burden on the people of Pakistan by rising petrol prices.
“These people don’t care about the underprivileged class,” he said, reiterating that the PTI would not tolerate ‘oppression’ on the people of Pakistan and would decide the future course of action together with the nation in tomorrow’s [Sunday] protest.
The PTI chairman said that his government was shielding its people from the pandemic and global inflation all at once.
The former prime minister said that the ‘oppressors’ could not stop the people from raising their voice for their rights. “The events of last two months have fully revealed the motives of each character of the conspiracy,” he added.
“The incumbent rulers are subjecting the institutions to the worst destruction to keep themselves in power,” Imran Khan said, warning that the situation would become worst if the economy was further destabilised.
