Imran Khan claims Pakistan’s army plans to jail him for 10 years

Kathmandu: Former prime minister of Pakistan Imran Khan said that the country’s army has planned to keep him in jail for the next 10 years.

The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Khan on Monday claimed that the country’s powerful military establishment has planned to keep him in jail for the next 10 years under sedition charges.

‘So now the complete London plan is out’, he wrote on Twitter, ‘Using the pretext of violence while I was inside the jail, they assumed the role of judge, jury and executioner. The plan now is to humiliate me by putting Bushra begum (Khan’s wife) in jail and using some sedition law to keep me inside for the next ten years.’

‘To ensure that there is no public reaction, they have done two things — first deliberate terror is unleashed not just on PTI workers but on common citizens as well. Second, the media is totally controlled and muzzled,’ he further sai.

Khan also vowed to fight against ‘assortments of crooks’ till the last drop of his blood. ‘My message to the people of Pakistan; I will fight for Haqeeqi Azaadi (real freedom) till the last drop of my blood because for me death is preferable than to be enslaved by these assortments of crooks’, he added.

Khan’s tweets came after he held a meeting of PTI leaders at his Lahore residence. He is likely to appear before the Lahore High Court in connection with the cases registered against him for torching the house of the Corps Commander here and other incidents of violence erupted after his arrest in a corruption case last week.

The Islamabad High Court (IHC) had granted 70-year-old Khan bail on Friday, barring the authorities from arresting him in all the cases registered beyond May 9 and asked him to approach the Lahore High Court for further relief on May 15.

Khan returned to his Lahore home on Saturday after having locked himself in the Islamabad High Court (IHC) premises for hours due to the fear of re-arrest despite being granted bail.