Govt Should Hold Talks With IMF: Imran Khan.

JHELUM/ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan Saturday said that his struggle against what he said 'thieves' would continue whether it is raining or hot weather.

Addressing party workers here in Jhelum, the former prime minister said that he is fighting for the supremacy of law in Pakistan. 'I am not doing politics (but) I am fighting for real freedom. I have struggled for 26 years while remaining within the boundaries of law and Constitution,' he said.

Talking about the Sharif and Zardari families, Khan claimed that Pakistan was at the top before they ruled Pakistan. 'Nawaz Sharif looted the country and is now telling us what to do,' he added.

The ex-premier said that the floods have affected Balochistan, Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

'How will the provinces generate surplus after all the destruction caused by rains?' he asked, adding that KP's Finance Minister Taimur Khan Jhagra has been asking to meet Finance Minister Miftah Ismail for two months.

The PTI chairman said that the government should hold talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). 'Shehbaz Sharif and Miftah Ismail say that the IMF programme will be delayed because of us,' he said.

The former prime minister also questioned the government on what it was doing for the nation as the flood warning had come a long time ago.

'The government was making conspiracies instead of making policies to deal with floods,' he added.

While berating the allied parties, Khan claimed that they do not know how to run the government and that the PDM had been imposed on the nation.

Khan said that this conspiracy is not against him but to weaken the country's democracy, adding that the [government] is cornering PTI and are trying to make me ineligible. He continued to say that the allied parties are scared of the elections because the PTI will beat them.

Says he is fighting for 'real freedom, not doing politics'

PTI comes under fire for holding rallies despite floods

The opposition Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Saturday came under severe criticism from rival politicians and on social media for continuing with its political rallies as part of its 'Haqeeqi Azadi campaign' at a time when a humanitarian crisis has emerged in the country due to rain-induced floods.

On the other hand, the former prime minister Imran Khan's party said that they would fight against the incumbent rulers and floods together.

PTI had announced rallies in major cities of the country to...

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