PM says he won't succumb to pressure.

LAHORE -- Describing the opposition's Azadi march a gathering of the corrupt elements, Prime Minister Imran Khan Monday reaffirmed his resolve not to give any NRO (deal) to the corrupt politicians in his life time.

'Mark my words, whatever united efforts they make [through long march], I will not give them any NRO (deal) till my last breath,' the prime minister said at the ground-breaking ceremony of Baba Guru Nanak University in Nankana Sahib.

Khan believed the opposition parties' call for protest was unwarranted and without any genuine cause.

'They are only using it [Azadi march] as a cover to their corruption committed during their respective tenures,' he remarked, adding that they had been looting the country one after the other by signing the so-called charter of democracy.

The prime minister said it was like his prediction come true. 'Immediately after taking oath as prime minister, I had predicted that all corrupt people [in the country] would ultimately get united at a single platform [against him]', he said.

He disagreed with opposition parties' stance that government had failed to deliver on all fronts. He asserted that the government was making strides on economic front and projected it as a fact even endorsed by the Asian Development Bank and the International Monetary Fund.

Prime Minister Imran Khan earlier unveiled the plaque to mark ground-breaking of the Guru Nanak University, which will be constructed at an area of 107 acres with a cost of Rs6 billion.

Punjab government has released initial funds for the construction of the university comprising academic blocks for various disciplines and hostels for accommodation of students.

The ground-breaking ceremony of the university comes ahead of the 550th birth anniversary celebrations of the founder of Sikh religion Baba Guru Nanak next month.

Talking about the economic achievements of his government, the prime minister cited a recent World Bank report and said that Pakistan had attained top position in sub-continent and sixth in the world in Ease of Doing Business.

He compared the statistics from the first year of the PPP and the PML-N tenures, and claimed that the PTI government had recorded the lowest inflation in its first year.

The prime minister was confident that the country would make progress as the PTI government had put it on right track by expanding the tax net. He said traders had now agreed to pay fixed-rate tax.

In reiteration of his earlier speeches, the Prime...