PTI chairman Imran Khan no longer blames US for his ouster.

LAHORE -- PTI Chairman Imran Khan on Sunday said he no longer 'blamed' the US administration for his removal from power.

The remarks came as a surprise because ever since his removal from office through a vote of no confidence, the PTI leader has continuously campaigned on the slogan that a foreign conspiracy led to his ouster, and that the US administration was behind it.

Separately, the former prime minister claimed that PML-N supreme leader Nawaz Sharif was pushing the country towards disaster by 'not allowing' Prime MinisAter Shehbaz Sharif to hold transparent elections in the country.

Addressing multiple gatherings of party supporters via video link from his residence in Lahore, Mr Khan trained his guns at the elder Sharif and said the latter was not going to the polls because he was afraid of defeat at the hands of PTI.

'It is a matter of grave concern for the whole Pakistani nation that a person convicted by the Supreme Court is poised to take decisions about the future of Pakistan that includes the appointment of a new army chief,' he added.

'Those installed through the 'regime change conspiracy' are running away from holding elections, knowing that they will lose [elections] against me and will not be able to save their corruption and looted money,' he claimed.

According to Mr Khan, the 'regime change experiment' had failed but the 'handlers and facilitators' were still not accepting their mistake. He alleged that the incumbent rulers never 'appointed any top official on merit to ensure that their looted money should be given protection at all costs'.

Claiming that his ouster had sent the 'booming' economy into a tailspin, the PTI chairman said the Sharifs had 'no remorse because they are busy getting themselves acquitted through tailor-made legislation'. He also chided the PDM government for accusing him of isolating Pakistan at the international level and asserted that the government should explain to the nation what it did in this direction during the past seven months.

'Govt should be thankful'

Furthermore, Imran Khan said the incumbent 'illegitimate' government should be thankful that he was 'channelising the public wrath by holding the long march within the parameters of law'.

'The nation is vociferously telling the powers that be and the handlers that it...want(s) snap elections for a people-mandated government,' he said.

Mr Khan reiterated that when the PTI march will reach Rawalpindi, he will be present in the garrison...