Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has said that it is foolish to think that the army should not interfere in governance.
In an interview with the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), PTI Chairman Imran Khan said that the army has been in power, directly or indirectly, in the country for the last 70 years. To think that the army should have no interference in governance is like living in a fool's paradise," he added.
Khan said, "I want to talk to them to know what they are thinking. Convince me that all this is right for Pakistan, and I will agree. Currently, I am assessing the situation and following a watch-and-wait policy. I will appoint youths to replace the leaders who left PTI after the May 9 incident, but there is a fear that they will also be arrested, and they will also put me in jail."
He further said, "My position will be weakened when I lose my vote bank. Any political party is weak when its vote bank starts shrinking. This is not a big crisis for me. In reality, we are facing martial law. I wonder what they want to get out of all this. Economic indicators are pointing to a worst-case scenario. I want to know how the establishment's exclusion of us from the race will benefit the country."
In an interview with the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), PTI Chairman Imran Khan said that the army has been in power, directly or indirectly, in the country for the last 70 years. To think that the army should have no interference in governance is like living in a fool's paradise," he added.
Khan said, "I want to talk to them to know what they are thinking. Convince me that all this is right for Pakistan, and I will agree. Currently, I am assessing the situation and following a watch-and-wait policy. I will appoint youths to replace the leaders who left PTI after the May 9 incident, but there is a fear that they will also be arrested, and they will also put me in jail."
He further said, "My position will be weakened when I lose my vote bank. Any political party is weak when its vote bank starts shrinking. This is not a big crisis for me. In reality, we are facing martial law. I wonder what they want to get out of all this. Economic indicators are pointing to a worst-case scenario. I want to know how the establishment's exclusion of us from the race will benefit the country."