Long march to resume on Tuesday from Wazirabad, says Imran.

ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan Tekreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan said on Sunday that the party's long march will resume from Tuesday from Punjab's Wazirabad - the same point where he narrowly escaped an assassination attempt last Thursday.

While addressing a press conference from the Shaukat Khanum Hospital, Lahore, the PTI chief said that he will address the march every day and that in the next 10-14 days the rally will reach Rawalpindi from where he will lead the party's 'Haqeeqi Azadi' march.

He urged everyone to come out and participate in the march.

The former premier said that he wants a transparent investigation into the Wazirabad incident but an FIR has not been registered yet.

'[The] FIR hasn't been registered because they [the police] say we are ready to register a case against the PM and [interior minister] Rana Sanaullah but not Major General Faisal Raheem,' he claimed.

During the press conference, the PTI chief said that he has a few questions that he wants to be answered. "First, there are people in Pakistan that are above the law, does the Constitution allow this?"

Reiterating that three people were involved in his assassination bid, Imran demanded a transparent investigation and maintained that only a probe would determine 'the truth'.

'It is my right to register an FIR against them,' he said, adding that how is it possible that a Punjab police under the provincial government 'keep on giving excuses' and not registering a case.

It is pertinent to note that on Thursday, following the attack on Imran in Wazirabad, PTI General Secretary Asad Umar in a video statement had said that the party chief had named three suspects, who he believed were behind the gun attack on the long march.

The former minister said the PTI chief was certain that the men who had planned the attack were Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah and Major General Faisal Naseer.

Referring to the DG ISPR's statement made yesterday, Imran said that it was 'shocking' that the military's media wing spokesperson said that criticising a military official was akin to defaming the Pakistan Army.

This means if I say a judge is wrong, this means the entire judiciary is wrong. If someone says there is a corrupt person in PTI and I say that you have said that the entire party is corrupt. Is there any logic?' Imran asked.

'Mr DG ISPR, have you noticed what you are saying? This means if I say a judge is wrong it would mean the entire judiciary is...

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