Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Parliamentarians chief Pervez Khattak has taken a jibe at Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan, saying his political slogan of “Naya (new) Pakistan” was a gimmick to gain votes.
Khattak was among the dozens of PTI leaders who parted ways with the PTI chief and formed a breakaway faction of the PTI following the May 9 riots triggered by the arrest of Khan in a corruption case.
“Imran Khan’s slogan of Naya [new] Pakistan was nothing but a topi drama [gimmick]. I supported Imran Khan to change the country’s system but all his slogans turned out to be false,” he said while addressing a party event in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Malakand district.
Khattak further said that Imran hates all of his political opponents and rival parties. “The PTI chairman is a dictator [and] he wants to introduce a presidential system in the country,” he remarked. In the same address, he also criticised Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman saying his political agitation was only aimed at coming to power.
He said the country’s political leadership treats the nation like “an enemy” and added that no political party in the country implemented its election manifesto. Khattak said his newly-formed party is seeking to provide justice to the masses “at their doorstep”.
