US, India, Israel conspired to bring Shehbaz into power: Imran

by Abbas Adil

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief Imran Khan claimed again on Saturday that the United States, Israel and India conspired together to bring “boot-polishing” Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to power.

“Shehbaz was bought into power not because he is intelligent, but because he would obey all of their orders, the first of which was a price hike in petrol as ordained by the International Monetary Fund (IMF),” the former premier stated while addressing a rally in the Upper Dir region of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.

Imran maintained that a Rs7 increase in petrol and diesel was “inhumane”, adding that the PTI government did not succumb to IMF’s pressure when they ordered the former government to increase petrol and electricity prices.

“My life and death is Pakistan, and I refuse to bow down before anyone but God,” Imran said.

He stated that the PTI regime had decreased petrol prices by Rs10 when the IMF had asked them to increase petrol and electricity prices.

“We wanted to save our people from global price hikes and aimed to get money from elsewhere to offer respite from inflation,” he said, adding that the price of all commodities increased when petrol and electricity were more expensive.

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Imran further claimed that his government wanted to increase the wealth of the country and that the average income increased from Rs16,180 to Rs26,300 under his three-year tenure.

“We tried to increase the country’s wealth and subsequently increase tax to reduce the burden of inflation,” the former premier added.

He declared that the only way to free Pakistan from economic ruin and enslavement was an election where the people could decide which government they wanted in power.

‘Shehbaz in power to escape cases’

Imran Khan further alleged that Shehbaz Sharif only came into power to obtain relief from his ongoing corruption cases which he was going to be “punished for”.

The PTI chief claimed that there were cases concerning frauds of Rs16 billion in the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) and Rs8 billion in the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) against Shehbaz and his family.

“The day he [Shehbaz] was sworn in as prime minister, he and his son were both to be indicted under the FIA case. Their entire reason to come into power was to escape punishment,” he said.

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