Imran urges CJP to 'save nation' as PTI long march resumes in Wazirabad.

ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairperson Imran Khan, addressing supporters as the party's long march resumed from Wazirabad a week after he was attacked, said that the 'plan' to assassinate him was first formulated in September which Imran said he had 'unearthed in a public rally on September 24'.

According to Imran Khan, all eyes are on the top court now as the nation has "lost trust" in the institutions, saying that Pakistan is becoming a banana republic.

"You [Supreme Court's chief justice] have to save the country. The nation has lost trust in institutions. You have to fix this as the country doesn't work without institutions,' he added.

The former prime minister, who was removed from power through a vote of no confidence in the National Assembly in April this year, said that it is unimaginable in western countries what is happening in Pakistan these days. 'When will the country's law give protection,' Imran said.

The PTI chief also said it was a miracle that so many people survived the attack.

Doubling down on earlier claims, Imran held a senior military officer, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, and Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah responsible for the attack and said they had used 'religious extremism' as a 'cover to shunt off the blame'.

'For anyone harboring any doubts,' Imran added, 'you can tell that he had been told to say this when the attacker claimed he had done this alone'.

'The forensic [report] of the container has shown that there were two types of bullet, meaning there...

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