Imran says he 'will erase redlines' drawn on him by establishment.

LAHORE -- In an indirect reference to the country's powerful establishment, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan Wednesday alleged that the PTI legislators and its allies were being told that they [establishment] had marked a red line on Imran Khan and they would minus him from politics. 'I will get the redline removed. Pakistan belongs to the Pakistanis and only the Pakistanis can draw a redline against someone and not anyone else', he said while addressing Punjab's parliamentary party here through video link. He said his party members and the allies had been told that that PTI had no future. He further stated that if some people were arrogant enough to think about redlining any personality, then they lacked the sense of politics and had not read the history. 'They don't understand the mood of the Pakistani nation', he added. Commenting on Imran Khan's statement, PTI's Senior Vice-President Fawad Chaudhry later said that Parvez Elahi and other people had been told about the redline marked on Imran Khan. Imran Khan claimed that the PTI was the most popular political party in Pakistan and no other party could compete with it in this regard. 'Those having any doubts [about it] should watch the videos of his 65 power shows', he said, adding that millions of people took to streets to resist the toppling of the PTI government. He said that people sent a clear message to the powerful circles in the Punjab by-polls by rejecting the turn coats. Imran said that he was closely watching the score [numbers] of the PTI and PML-Q members of the Punjab Assembly. He also commended the PTI members of the Punjab Assembly for attending the...

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