The ‘stronger’ Imran Khan reflects on a host of issues. PTI Chairman Imran Khan told his supporters via his family that he has drastically changed since his arrest but is now “stronger and fitter than ever”.
Since his arrest on August 5, the deposed prime minister has been incarcerated, first in Attock jail and now in Adiala jail.
Today (Thursday), Khan posted his message from October 10 on X, the microblogging site formerly known as Twitter.
In the “insects and mosquitoes” infested cell he was kept in, the first few days were “particularly challenging” due to the lack of a bed. However, he said he has adapted well to prison life.
I am stronger and fitter than ever before. Today I am stronger and fitter spiritually, mentally, and physically than I was five years ago,” Imran Khan stated.
While incarcerated, the former PM was also able to “introspect” the last few years of his political career, as well as study the Holy Quran in depth.
I will not back down from the quest of Haqeeqi Azadi for the upholding of the rule of law and the Constitution of Pakistan, which is based on free and fair elections, regardless of where they put me in prison and what conditions they impose upon me. Those suggesting that I leave the country should know that I will live and die there, and I will not leave my land for any other country,” he said.
Khan said the cipher case was used to protect former Army Chief General Bajwa and Donald Lu, Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Affairs, from prosecution.
The former prime minister has been claiming a “regime change” conspiracy, backed by the United States, was behind the overthrow of his government since 2022, the year he was ousted.
The controversy first emerged on March 27, 2022, when Khan – less than a month before his ouster in April last year – waved a letter before the crowd while addressing a public rally, claiming it was a cipher from a foreign nation that had conspired with his political rivals to overthrow the PTI government.
In addition to not revealing the contents of the letter, he did not identify the nation that sent it. A few days later, he charged that Donald Lu had sought to remove him from office and accused the United States of conspiring against him.
A case has been filed against me for informing the people of Pakistan, the real protectors of this country, about this treason committed by General Bajwa against me and my government. Instead of investigating the foreign conspiracy behind orchestrating a regime change, a case has been filed against me for informing the people of Pakistan about it,” he said.
According to him, the only thing that bothers him is that his supporters and workers are suffering for months in “illegal” prisons. Afterwards, he urged the judiciary to provide justice and release the PTI workers immediately.
In response to Khan’s first arrest on May 9, several PTI leaders and countless workers are currently imprisoned for their alleged involvement in the violence.
Moreover, Khan urged his supporters not to give up as “this time of trial will end” referring to a verse in the Holy Quran that reads, “with every difficulty, there is ease”.
Keep demanding a fair and transparent election in the country by raising your voice against this unelected predatory group and its facilitators, he said.
He predicted that his supporters would come out in “huge numbers” on election day to defeat all these parties combined at the end of his message.
As a result of his conviction in the Toshakhana case, Khan is no longer eligible to run in elections, while there are also doubts about PTI’s participation in the upcoming elections.
Pakistan Zindabad is the only destiny for these cheaters, no matter how much they cheat.
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