State is carrying out oppression the same way it did in 1971, Khan writes in new article

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf founder Imran Khan has written a new article in a leading British publication from jail, outlining apprehensions that his life is in danger. He has also warned that Pakistan is at a dangerous ‘crossroads’.

In an article published in the Telegraph on Thursday, Khan wrote that the people of Pakistan ‘stand in confrontation’ with the country today.

He has also outlined the story of his ouster by the vote of no-confidence, calling it ‘engineered’. Khan also referred to the government that replaced him as ‘cobbled together by the military’.

Describing the result of the February 8 election as a ‘democratic revenge’, he said that election results were manipulated to bring defeated parties into power.

He has also directly named the military, including COAS General Asim Munir, and the supreme court by name in the article and criticised their role in the present crises in the country.

The former PM wrote that the state is carrying out oppression the same way it did in 1971.

Khan wrote that the only way to end the current political impasse in the country is to release ‘political’ prisoners including himself and restoring the ‘peoples’ mandate.

He also wrote that all that could be done against him has been done. “All that is left for them is to now murder me,” he wrote.

However, he added that he would ‘prefer death over slavery’.

Imran is currently being held in Adiala Jail after being convicted in multiple cases including corrupt practices, illegal marriage and violation of the Official Secrets Act.