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FAISALABAD -- Addressing the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's (PTI) long march at Mandi Bahauddin on Monday, former prime minister Imran Khan stressed that his party's policy was not to make enemies of anyone, but not be slaves to any country.

The deposed premier's remarks came amid the hullabaloo in government quarters over his Financial Times interview in which he stated that he had put the 'US conspiracy' matter "behind him".

"No sane man wants to have enemies. But we don't want to be anyone's slaves," the PTI chief said at the march today.

'A propaganda cell is feeding journalists. They pick up things that I say and purposely misinterpret them,' Imran said adding that the cipher was in the NSC, parliament as well as with the president.

'What is the issue in this? When we say that we are moving forward, it means we want good relationships,' he clarified.

'Our journalism has reached a point where even foreign journalists have to clarify their stories,' Imran added.

Earlier, speaking of rule of law, the PTI chief said the country could not progress until there was rule of law.

'Today if you see the global index... countries where rule of law exists, you will see that all countries on the top slots are the most prosperous. Pakistan, on the other hand, ranks 129 on the rule of law index. How then do we think that this country will prosper? It can't!'

Rule of law will not only help the country progress but also give the people 'real freedom', for which this movement...