Federal Minister for Interior, Rana Sanaullah, has warned Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan about his party’s long march, saying, “Jab yeh long march ke liye aayeinge [Islamabad], iss ko pakar kar ulta kardeinge” (We will hang Khan upside down if he takes his long march into Islamabad).

In Geo News’ programme “Capital Talk”, the minister replied to remarks made by Imran Khan himself. Earlier, Khan said even if Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif and Sanaullah turn upside down, they wouldn’t be able to stop the long march.

The federal minister also said that there is a possibility of Khan and other party leaders being arrested during the long march.

دونوں طرف سے معاملہ اُلٹا ہوتا جا رہا ہے، عمران خان کا کہنا ہے کہ رانا ثنااللّٰہ اُلٹا بھی لٹک جائیں لانگ مارچ کو نہیں روک سکتے اور رانا صاحب کا کہنا ہے ہم عمران خان کو گرفتار بھی کریں گے اور اُلٹا بھی لٹکائیں گے ⁦@RanaSanaullahPK⁩ ⁦@ImranKhanPTI⁩ pic.twitter.com/6rZ38Ihn66

— Hamid Mir حامد میر (@HamidMirPAK) October 13, 2022

During the show, Sanaullah claimed that Khan doesn’t know about the steps the government would take.

Despite repeating that the nation should remain ready for the march, Imran Khan hasn’t announced the date yet, claiming that he has completed the planning.

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When asked about PTI’s Senator Azam Swati’s arrest, the federal minister justified the incarceration, saying that Azam’s tweet tried to defame institutions and the tweet was objectionable.

عمران خان کے دور اقتدار میں پارلیمنٹ کے ارکان علی وزیر اور جاوید لطیف کو اداروں کے خلاف بولنے پر گرفتار کیا گیا اب شہباز شریف کے دور میں سینیٹر اعظم سواتی کو گرفتار کر لیا گیا ہے ، دونوں حکومتوں میں کیا فرق ہے؟ pic.twitter.com/dt9UJBE7eG

— Hamid Mir حامد میر (@HamidMirPAK) October 13, 2022

On October 12, Swati tweeted against Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa. Following this, he was arrested in the early hours of the morning by Federal Investigation Agency (FIA).