Pakistan: Imran says long march will continue until polls announced

Story by  ATV | Posted by  Nakul Shivani • 1 Years ago
Former Pak PM Imran Khan
Former Pak PM Imran Khan

 

Islamabad

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party chairman Imran Khan who is leading the ongoing anti-government long march towards Islamabad, said that protest will continue for another 10 months till the date for election is announced.

Earlier, the plan was to reach Islamabad by November 4, which was later revised to November 8-9 and then again to November 11.

The march entered the seventh day on Thursday.

Khan said: "Our movement will continue for the next 10 months until the date for election is announced. We will never accept these thieves."

He added that it is "better to die than to become slaves of the 'thieves'".

PTI leader Fawad Chaudhry then announced the party will keep changing the dates to "tire the government out".

This is the PTI chair's second march towards Islamabad after he was ousted via a no-confidence motion earlier this year.

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The political instability in Pakistan has also fuelled economic uncertainty, with international rating agencies questioning if the current government can maintain difficult economic policies in the face of political pressure and looming elections.