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Islamabad lockdown: Imran talks about ‘third power’
Oct 24, 2016
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has said that only Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will be responsible if a ‘third power’ steps in as a result of the PTI’s November 2 lockdown of Islamabad. Speaking to journalists here on Sunday, the PTI chief said that only “one person [Nawaz] will be responsible if democracy is derailed.”
He did not identify the force or institution that may be derailing democracy following the protest but clarified that, “We [PTI] are not doing this to bring in a ‘third power’.” “Protest is the PTI’s democratic right. The government will have to bear a severe loss if it tries to stop us.” Speaking further, Imran Khan accused the government of defaming the Army.—INP