Hopeful PM Khan: public pressure will force PTI members to come back

Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan addressing the groundbreaking ceremony of the Rawalpindi Ring Road project has said that ‘mark my words all the members of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) who have left will come back due to the party’.

“And mark my words, as the no-confidence motion comes near, all those who are in talks with the Opposition will return as the people are angry at the lawmakers for venality,” the premier said.

“The public would force the dissident PTI lawmakers — who are around a dozen — to come back to their party,” said PM Khan.

“Times have changed […] and on March 27 — when PTI will stage a rally in Islamabad — everyone will witness a historic gathering.”

27 مارچ کے لیے میری پیش گوئی ہے کہ اسلام آباد میں اتنی عوام پہلے کبھی نہیں نکلی ہوگی اور عوام بتائے گی کہ وہ کدھر کھڑی ہے۔ وزیراعظم عمران خان pic.twitter.com/1XLcFVigqR

— PTI (@PTIofficial) March 19, 2022

Talking about the PTI workers who stormed the Sindh House in the capital where the disgruntled lawmakers were residing, he said what is the Opposition fearing and why so much security is being provided.

PM Khan further said if the PPP is “buying” the loyalties of the PTI lawmakers, then it must be through the funds given to the Sindh government — “it is illegal as the people’s money cannot to used to lure in other party lawmakers”.

عدم اعتماد زبردست کام ہوا ہے یہ لوگ بے نقاب ہو چکے ہیں کہ کس طرح عوام کی چوری کے پیسے سے منڈیاں لگی ہوئی ہیں یہ جمہوریت نہیں ہے۔ وزیراعظم عمران خان pic.twitter.com/I2zheljTHN

— PTI (@PTIofficial) March 19, 2022

The premier further said that “never in the history of Pakistan” has any provincial force been deployed “just to safeguard” the MNAs of other parties.

“So why did they need Sindh police over there [Sindh House]? Because illegal activities were taking place there. People have now seen their reality,” the premier said.

یہ فرض ہے آپکا کہ ضمیر فروشوں کے خلاف احتجاج کریں, لیکن کوئی تصادم نہ کریں
آج میری بات لکھ لیں اکثر لوگ واپس آئیں گے اس عوام کے غصے کی وجہ سے۔ @ImranKhanPTI pic.twitter.com/7MYMf8adFr

— PTI (@PTIofficial) March 19, 2022

“They are so afraid of public pressure that no one [in the UK] can do the things that are happening at the Sindh House,” PM Imran Khan said but noted that no one was allowed to resort to violence.