'Decisive battle' in capital on 30th: Imran

| Says sit-in to continue till rigging investigation | Sharif paid IB Rs 270 crore to undermine protests | Nawaz, Zardari eating away country like termite: Shaikh Rasheed

JHELUM - Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan said Sunday that a decisive battle will take place in Islamabad on November 30.
Addressing a public rally in Jhelum, Khan said the people of Sindh should be ready as "I am coming to break the chains of fear".
He said only 200 'capable individuals' were enough to create a 'new Pakistan.
Imran Khan alleged that the government paid Rs 270 crore to the Intelligence Bureau (IB) to fail the sit-in protests against the government.
"The government tried to buy the conscience of columnists, anchors and media house owners through money. It has given Rs 270 crore to the IB for (the) purpose," he alleged.
"From where this money has come from," Khan asked.
He said: "This is public money. The government also used public's Rs 3 billion on its advertisement campaign."
He said time had come to get rid of those who were doing traditional politics of 'Thana and Kutcheri'.
He said PTI would not send billions of dollars abroad like the traditional politicians.
Khan claimed that more money was being spent by rulers in a bid to fail the PTI's movement against the government.
PTI chief said that he would remain seated even for more 90 days if his demands were not met.
He said a decisive battle between the people and the status quo would take place in Islamabad on November 30.
The PTI chief called on people from across the country to join his November 30 rally in Islamabad to rid Pakistan of the Sharif government.
Khan condemned the government for "opening fire on his supporters" that resulted injuries to 10 party activists.
"The government is afraid of our November 30 rally in Islamabad and want to stop the people to take part in it through cowardly acts."
Khan said the status-quo in Pakistan had to be broken and he would "break the partnership of Nawaz Sharif and former president Asif Ali Zardari."
In an apparent reference to Zardari, Khan said: "Some people who used to sell cinema tickets in black have become billionaire after becoming politicians."
Imran Khan also visited the injured party workers at hospital and enquired about their health.
Khan warned Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif that slogan 'Go Nawaz Go' would follow him all the way to Raiwand.
"PM Nawaz didn't allow public to come in Islamabad stadium during the match between Pakistan 'A' and Afghanistan ‘A’ due to the fear of 'Go Nawaz Go' slogans that could be raised there, the match was attended by Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani," said Khan.
He said PTI rally in Larkana on November 21 will be followed by a public gathering in Gujranwala.
"I will be visiting Larkana to show my support to the oppressed people of Sindh including farmers and workers," said PTI chief.
Highlighting the resources of Pakistan, Imran said Pakistan was blessed with all the resources and the most prominent among them was huge amount of youth population. He vowed that in 'Naya Pakistan' youth would be given proper attention.
Praising Police of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), Imran said "KPK Police is completely depoliticised and the credit goes to Inspector General of Police (IGP) Nasir Durrani, who bought reforms in police system."
"Even PML-N's parliamentary leader in KP Assembly Sardar Aurangzeb complimented KP police, calling it better than that of Punjab," said Khan.
Earlier, Awami Muslim League (AML) leader Shaikh Rasheed Sunday questioned the status of an assembly whose Leader of the House had been allegedly involved in money laundering.
"We are not against democracy, we are against the government tainted with rigging," Shaikh Rasheed said addressing the PTI rally.
He accused Premier Sharif and PPP Co-chairman Asif Zardari of eating away the country like termite.
He asked on what criteria the chairman of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) was appointed and appealed to the judiciary to take notice of that.
The AML leader said he was careful with his language due to the presence of women.
He said whether there would be war or peace was a decision for Imran to take on November 30.
He said a system which plundered the people must be set to fire.
Khan has been holding protest-rallies in several cities to expand his campaign, demanding a probe into the allegations of rigging in last year's general elections.
Last week, he however withdrew his main demand of Sharif's resignation ahead of the probe, and offered the government to form a judicial panel comprising Supreme Court judges, ISI and Military Intelligence officials to probe the reported rigging.
Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Pervaiz Rashid denied Khan's charge, saying "this is a baseless allegation against the government."
Rashid said Khan would be responsible for any lawlessness in the country as he was inciting people for violence.

ePaper - Nawaiwaqt