Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah has claimed that PTI Chairman Imran Khan was planning to kill his workers through armed men, who he said were part of his long march aimed at spreading “anarchy and chaos” in the country.
The interior minister said the armed men were present in the PTI’s long march towards Islamabad and another armed group will join the caravan from Gujrat.
“They [PTI] are going to spread mischief and anarchy and they want to create a national tragedy by killing people,” he said while addressing a press conference in Islamabad on Saturday.
The PTI had kicked off long march from Lahore’s Liberty Chowk after Friday prayers. Imran reached the starting point of the long march by a container along with other senior party leaders.
Addressing the supporters, the PTI chairman said that the only objective and demand of the long march was the free and fair elections in the country, which would guarantee true independence in Pakistan.
“The time has come for us to start the journey of real freedom of this country,” Imran said, stressing that he was embarking upon the most important journey in his political career spanning over 26 years.
The interior minister, in today’s media interaction, also played an alleged leaked audio clip of PTI leader and former federal minister Ali Amin Gandapur in which the latter was allegedly discussing about bringing “weapons and men” near Islamabad with an unidentified person.
“How many guns are there,” the PTI leader asked the unidentified person in the alleged audio, who responded, “there are many”. Gandapur further asked, “And license? There are too many licenses,” the other person replied.
The unidentified person allegedly told Gandapur in the leaked audio that there will be many men as needed.
“We are camping here in the nearby colony of fellows. On the Islamabad-Rawalpindi border. On the left side after toll plaza. Either it is Top City or Capital,” the former minister can be heard saying.
The unidentified person responded, “The Top is on the airport side, isn’t it? I sent you the whole map.”
“I have the [map]… just keep the men and equipment ready there,” the PTI leader directed the other person. “Sir, no problem,” the person responded.
Referring to the alleged conversation of the PTI leader, Sanaullah said he had asked the police chief to arrest Gandapur, who is in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.
Sanaullah said the PTI chief was also planning to cause clashes between the law enforcement agencies and his workers.
“Federal law enforcement agencies are on alert and they will take action against him.”
Speaking about the talks with the PTI, Sanaullah said, “They are collecting guns, how can we hold negotiations with them?”
The interior minister also warned the K-P government to immediately arrest Gandapur to avert bloodshed.
Meanwhile, following the emergence of alleged audio leak, the federal government has decided to file a writ petition in the Supreme Court against the PTI’s long march.
Sources told The Express Tribune that the alleged audio leak and other evidence of “conspiracy” to spread chaos in the country through long march will be submitted to the top court along with the petition.
(With input from Khalid Mehmood in Islamabad)
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