Imran seeks 'independent' investigation into riots.

LAHORE -- PTI ChairAman Imran Khan demanAded an independent investigation into the May 9 incident of torching national public buildings, including the corps commander's residence in Lahore and firing on unarmed protesters, by an independent panel to be constituted by Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial.

'I know, who wants to create anarchy in the country and take benefit of the tense situation,' Mr Khan asserted in an hour-long maiden speech after the Islamabad High Court gave him blanket relief in all 145 cases registered against him. Mr Khan was speaking through video link from his Zaman Park residence on Saturday.

He said those vesAted interest elements did take some benefit by putting PTI's all senior leadership as well as around 3,500 workers behind bars.

During the address, video clips were shown that how army trucks dropped 'unidentified' plainclothesmen, who joined PTI protesters and provoked them to unleash violence and ransack public property.

Asserting that 'violence and vandalism is not my philosophy', the PTI chairman said his party workers did not go for violent protests even when he was attacked in Wazirabad, not even when party activists were attacked on May 25 last year, and neither on March 8 when the police clashed with them at an election rally in Lahore.

Speaking about cases as well as allegations levelled by ISPR, Mr Khan called out the NAB DG as well as his handlers as 'unscrupulous and shameless' for instituting a case of corruption against him and his wife without any proof. He explained that the $170 million amount was transferred to the Supreme Court following a cabinet decision in the aftermath of a confidential agreement between Britain's National Crime Agency and property tycoon Malik Riaz.

'The federal cabinet under my leadership decided not to go into litigation because Pakistan had already lost some $100 million in foreign litigations and let the money come to Pakistan,' he explained.

He also said that Al Qadir University was a trust and the trustees do not even take any salary.

ISPR allegations

The former prime minister took strong exception to the ISPR allegations against him and said that the ISPR [spokesperson] was not even born, when he was representing Pakistan in the world.

'I kept Pakistan's flag high world over,' Mr Khan asserted. 'Never has ISPR made such a statement. You should be ashamed of yourself. You have jumped into politics. Why don't you make a [political] party,' Mr Khan said in a harsh...