By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Ouster prime minister Imran Khan called on his supporters to stage a protest in Parade Ground, a week from now on July 2, of the capital to force the government to hold new elections.
“I’m telling everyone that you have to carry out protests on Saturday night and I want you to fully participate, not for me, but for the future of you and your children,” Khan said in a video message.
Khan expressed concern over the super tax imposed by the government and had feared that the country had been taken to the stage of a “failed state”.
“I never heard in Pakistan’s history that a temporary budget was coming because they were not ready, so they brought in a temporary budget, while they earlier raised oil prices, which led to higher prices of other commodities,” he added. “It should be clear that they had no preparation to fix the economy or bring the prices down.”
He alleged that the members of the government were only concerned with whitewashing their corruption.
“The salaried class had been further burdened and the government’s recent “super tax” on certain corporate sectors would lead to inflation, unemployment, reduced competitiveness and arrest growth,” he said.
Imran said the NAB law amendments were akin to the country’s destruction. “They’ve dug the grave of Pakistan’s justice system and the future is in darkness/”
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