Imran warns of protests call 'if pushed to the wall'.

ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan Tehreek-e-InAsaf (PTI) chairman ImAran Khan on Thursday reiterated his demand for early elections and warned the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) led coalition government of giving another protest call if he was 'pushed to the wall.'

'The way we are beAing pushed to the wall, it will not take a long time when we will lose our patience. And if things moved in such a way, then we will have to give another protest call,' former prime minAister said in his teleAvised address to the nation, which was also broadcast live on PTI's social media platforms.

He said that the only way to save the country from chaos, unrest, and political quagmire was holding the free and fair election. He stressed that the political stabiliAty could only bring ecoAnomic stability in the country and snap polls had become indispenAsible in this connection.

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PTI chairman Imran Khan came down hard on the government for putting the counAtry into a quagmire of problems, and urged that holding early and transparent polls was the only way forward to avert the looming ecoAnomic collapse.

He alleged that the incumbent governAment did not have any credibility, especialAly in the financial marAkets. He said that PakiAstan's credit rating had slipped from positive to negative since the presAent government seized power in April.

The ex-premier furAther said that the country needed $30 billion financing to pay back loans; the present government would only manage to arrange $ 8 billion from internationAal lenders. 'The situation is fast moving out of our hands,' he said, adding that the present government was pushing...