Reach Rawalpindi on November 26, Imran tells supporters.

ISLAMABAD -- Former prime minister and PTI Chairman Imran Khan has asked his supporters and party leaders to converge on Rawalpindi on November 26 to demand free and fair elections in the country.

'I am inviting the entire nation to reach Rawalpindi on November 26 (next Saturday). I will meet you there and announce future course of action. This movement is not going to stop even after this march,' he said while addressing supporters via video link in Rawat on Saturday.

'We can never achieve real freedom while sitting at home and living like sheep,' he said as he urged supporters to come out of their homes to force the government to call snap polls.

Imran also addressed the powerful quarters, saying, 'Ask anyone you want be it business community, farmers, IT sector or anyone else... everyone believes that free and fair elections is the only way forward to steer the country out of this quagmire'.

The former premier said incumbent government did not have any plan or road map to lift the country out of crises.

'The entire nation will come there [Rawalpindi] and we will demand free and fair elections... this movement will not stop until we achieve real freedom.'

Imran criticised establishment, saying that he was surprised by the establishment's decision to impose 'corrupt' Sharif and Zardari families on the country.

'Establishment has the power and can take country towards any direction - positive or negative.

'What Pakistan has achieved by regime change in the last seven months,' he asked he establishment. 'Why did you impose them on the country... Don't you know their past? Our agencies have files of their corruption.'

The former premier said 'foreign conspiracy' against his government could have never succeeded without the help of 'local abettors'.

The former premier said no one can remain 'neutral' at this time, saying that what is...

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