Nikkei Asia questioned Imran Khan on the potential effects of a ban on his ability to run for office. Imran said, “If they remove the party then we will form a party with a new name and still win the elections.”
Imran Khan, the leader of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), has said that if his party is outlawed, he would launch a new political party to run in the 2018 general elections and win them, according to a story in Dawn quoting Nikkei Asia.
English-language publication Dawn is from Pakistan.
Many government officials had asked for a ban on the party after the violent statewide riots on May 9 and the ensuing crackdown on the demonstrators and the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf should be outlawed, according to Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah of Pakistan.
The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman and Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has also said that his party would not oppose any effort to put a ban on the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has stated that a move to that effect is being explored.
Nikkei Asia questioned Imran Khan on the potential effects of a ban on his ability to run for office. Imran said, “If they remove the party then we will form a party with a new name and still win the elections.”
According to a comment by Imran Khan, “the party will win even if they disqualify me and throw me in jail.”
The leader of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf stressed to the publication that his support base “remains intact,” although asserting that the nature of national politics has “fundamentally changed.”
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Imran Khan said that the government was “still trying to break it through intimidation” in reference to the ongoing onslaught on his party.
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