PTI Chairman Imran Khan on Wednesday warned that the establishment and the army [before anyone else] will be destroyed if the establishment doesn’t take the right decisions.
In an interview with anchorperson Sami Ibrahim for Bol News programme Tajzia, Khan said, “Pakistan is going towards bankruptcy. If that happens then which institution will be the worst hit? The army. And then what concession will be taken from us? Denuclearisation.”
پاک فوج کے سوال پر کپتان کا زبردست جواب؟
سمیع ابراہیم بھی سن کے دنگ رہ گئے..
مکمل ویڈیو دیکھیں:https://t.co/X7uQlISHTR#BOLNews #Tajzia #ImranKhan #PTI #ExclusiveInterview #IKonBOL@ImranKhanPTI @PTIofficial @samiabrahim pic.twitter.com/hFsXV9NA7i— BOL Network (@BOLNETWORK) June 1, 2022
The former Prime Minister said that if Pakistan were to lose its nuclear deterrent capability, as Ukraine did in the 1990s, it would be fragmented into three pieces. “If the right decisions aren’t made at this time then the country is going towards suicide,” he warned.
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“Indian think tanks abroad are mulling to separate Balochistan, they have plans. If the right decisions aren’t made at this time then the country is going towards suicide, this is why I am putting pressure,” Khan said without mentioning who he is pressurising.
Khan said the country would go towards civil war if elections were not announced, adding that there was “no question” of returning to the National Assembly. He said it would mean that he accepted the “conspiracy” that had removed his government.
The former PM said he was waiting for the Supreme Court to decide on his party’s plea to protect the protestors, and he would then issue the date for the next march.
Read more: Imran Khan to announce next long march after SC verdict
The PTI chief admitted that his government had the responsibility but not power or authority. He said he did not enjoy absolute power as the prime minister and said, “everyone knows” where the actual centre of power lay.
Khan said he had “clearly told the neutrals” that “if this conspiracy [to remove my government] is successful then our economy will go into tailspin.”
The PTI Chairman said it is a “trial for the establishment” as the country stands on the cusp of a “defining moment.” “Everyone knows they’re the powerbrokers, so they’re on trial. This is a trial of the judiciary and the Supreme Court [as well].”
Khan faces backlash
Condemning Imran Khan’s statement regarding the country splitting into three pieces, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said Imran Khan is “making naked threats against the country,” and warned him against “talking about division of Pakistan.”
While I am in Turkey inking agreements, Imran Niazi is making naked threats against the country. If at all any proof was needed that Niazi is unfit for public office, his latest interview suffices. Do your politics but don't dare to cross limits & talk about division of Pakistan.
— Shehbaz Sharif (@CMShehbaz) June 2, 2022
Earlier, PPP co-chairperson Asif Ali Zardari said, “No one can talk about fragmenting Pakistan. This is not that language of a Pakistani but that of [Indian PM] Modi.”
پاکستان پیپلزپارٹی پارلیمنٹرینز کے صدر آصف علی زرداری کی عمران خان کے بیان کی مذمت
کوئی بھی پاکستانی اس ملک کے ٹکرے کرنے کی بات نہیں کرسکتا، یہ زبان ایک پاکستانی کی نہیں بلکہ مودی کی ہے، صدر زرداری@AAliZardari
— PPP (@MediaCellPPP) June 1, 2022
Meanwhile, Railways Minister Khawaja Saad Rafique demanded Imran Khan to elaborate on what right decisions the “army” needed to make.
خواجہ سعد رفیق کا بیان ——
پاکستان کاایٹمی پروگرام اسےشروع کرنیوالوں اورایٹمی دھماکے کرنیوالوں کے ھاتھوں میں زیادہ محفوظ ھے
فوج کونسے فیصلے درست کرے ؟ عمران خان وضاحت کریں..
آپکوپھرسےمسلط کرناکیوں ضروری ھے؟
آپکی سلیکشن غیرآئینی اورغیرجانبداری آئین اورقانون کےعین مطابق فیصلہ تھا— Khawaja Saad Rafique (@KhSaad_Rafique) June 1, 2022
PML-N leader Talal Chaudhry told Geo News that only a mentally ill person could talk this way. “Now it’s time to take action against Imran Khan, Supreme Court has sought reports regarding violation of its order in Azadi March, therefore I hope institutions will also play their role against him.”
اقتدار سے باہر عمران خان پاکستان کے ٹوٹنے کی باتیں کرنے لگے، کہا ملک کے نیوکلئیر اثاثے چھن جائیں گے، ملک کے تین ٹکڑے ہو جائیں گے
"پاکستان کی تاريخ ميں اداروں سے ايسی سپورٹ کسی کو نہيں ملی"
ديکھئے عمران خان کے بيان پر طلال چوہدری کا ردعمل#GeoNews pic.twitter.com/nxCtUV7vbX
— Geo News Urdu (@geonews_urdu) June 1, 2022
Prominent anchorperson Kamran Shahid said, “If today establishment leave neutrality and let Imran to rule only then Pakistan be saved? Highly selfish and condemnable approach to come to power!”
Imran khan’s interview:”Pak Army will be destroyed-Had this Govt not been removed “ Pakistan for sure will be divided into 3 parts”if today establishment leave neutrality and let imran to rule only then Pakistan be saved ? Highly selfish and condemnable approach to come to power!
— Kamran Shahid (@FrontlineKamran) June 1, 2022
If Baloch or Sindhi had said such a statement, how would the establishment have reacted to them?
“If the establishment doesn’t make the proper decisions (or doesn’t make the right decisions in his favor), Imran Khan says that Pakistan would break into three parts.”
— Veengas (@VeengasJ) June 2, 2022
اس ملک نیوکلئیر پروگرام کی بنیاد عمران خان نے نہیں بالکہ ذوالفقار بھٹو نے رکھی ایٹمی دھماکے عمران خان نے نہیں بالکہ میاں نواز شریف نے کیے تھے اس ملک میں ایل این جی ٹرمینل عمران خان نے نہیں ن لیگ نے لگائے تھے اس ملک میں بجلی کے کارخانے عمران خان نے نہیں ن لیگ نے لگائے تھے pic.twitter.com/zgwAhlOYNz
— Raza Butt 🎙️ (@SocialDigitally) June 1, 2022
In response, Editor in Chief of Bol News Amir Zia said a couple of channels, including Geo News, twisted Imran Khan’s interview. “Former premier highlighted efforts by hostile powers to divide Pakistan. Reporting out of context is dishonesty.”
عمران خان بہت پہلے سے کہہ رہے ہیں کہ ہماری فوج سب سے اہم ہے۔کوشش فوج کو کمزور کرنے کی ہے۔اگر فوج کمزور ہوگئی تو شام عراق صومالیہ کی طرح ہماری تباہی کر دی جائے گی۔معیشت تباہ کر دی جائے تو فوج کہاں سے چلانی ہے؟مضبوط فوج نہیں تو ایٹمی اثاثے کس نے رکھنے دینے ہیں؟
نیا واویلا کیوں ہے؟
— Dr. Shahbaz GiLL (@SHABAZGIL) June 2, 2022
This is what @ImranKhanPTI said.
1. Economy can move to default.
2. Default will hit our armed forces’ budget.
3. Forces will get weak then.
4. If Forces get weak then they will ask for nuclear assets in return for debt write off.
5. And without Forces country breaks up
— Mir Mohammad Alikhan (@MirMAKOfficial) June 1, 2022