Senior Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders relayed fresh instructions from the party’s incarcerated founder Imran Khan, calling on the party to prepare for the next course of action, work for peace rather than terrorism, and denounced what he described as attempts to crush PTI and steal its mandate.
Speaking to the media outside Adiala Jail following the Toshakhana-II case hearing and a meeting with Imran, Aleema Khan said she met her brother, who told her the party must get ready for the future. “He said we have to work for peace, not to increase terrorism.”
Aleema added that she had informed him about the September 27 rally. “I told him that on your call, people from all over Pakistan came out.” According to her, the PTI founder responded that “Mohsin Naqvi has destroyed cricket. Every team is good, but the decisions are wrong”.
She claimed Imran told her the FIA had confronted him about posts on his X account, saying, “They told me your handle posts anti-state things why shouldn’t we proceed against you under PECA?”
Aleema quoted him as replying, “I represent 80% of the people. How can you stop a leader with such representation from speaking his mind?”
She added he stressed that dialogue, not conflict, was the way forward with Afghanistan. “PTI has been crushed, and our votes were stolen in the election. After the 26th Amendment, conscience-selling judges have been elevated.”
PTI Secretary General Barrister Salman Akram Raja told reporters that Imran had issued “important instructions” which he would share with the parliamentary party. He said the founder expressed dissatisfaction over arrangements at the Peshawar rally, particularly the choice of venue.
