Rana Sanaullah claimed government would counter Imran Khan’s ‘Jail Bharo Tehreek’

Rawalpindi: (Staff Reporter) Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah claimed the government would counter Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan’s “Jail Bharo Tehreek” in a way no one could imagine.

According to the source, addressing the Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PMLN) organization convention, he said that on one side Imran Khan had announced the movement while on the other hand, he had called the party’s female workers to the roads to defend himself against his [possible] arrest. “Imran Khan start the movement once and see how we respond”, he added.

As per details the government, he said, would not stuff the jails with people Imran Khan had misguided but it would put the PTI workers behind bars who wanted to spread anarchy in the country. He said the Imran group had been trying for the last seven months to push the country to the brink of default adding the PMLN had been trying to steer the country out of crises instead. “The PMLN and Nawaz Sharif pushed the country out of quagmire when needed”, he added.

Furthermore Imran Khan, he said, pushed President Dr. Arif Alvi to refrain from assenting to the mini-budget ordinance so that it might delay the IMF program. Commenting on the general elections in the country, he said that transparent elections could be held only if a single interim government was present in the country.

Moreover “The constitution binds to hold elections within 90 days after the dissolution of assembly but it binds so under the supervision of caretaker setup to ensure transparency”, he added. Elections, he said, would continue for the whole year if they were held separately for the National Assembly and provincial assemblies. He said it would allow the Imran group to float rigging as he would contend that the PMLN was in power in the federation and its allies were ruling Sindh and Baluchistan.

Meanwhile “Then he will push the country toward anarchy as he is always ready to do that”, he added. Imran Khan employed different tactics, he said, such as long marches, rallies, and protests to fuel instability in the country.