Imran Khan, Pakistan’s imprisoned former prime minister, has warned of the dire security situation in the country and along its borders with Afghanistan and India. Khan claimed that India was carrying out assassinations inside Pakistan.
News agency PTI reported that Khan, who is currently being held in Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail on corruption charges, has contributed a column to Britain’s Daily Telegraph newspaper.
He said Pakistan was heading in the direction that caused the division when it lost East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) in 1971.
“At the same time, there is a growing sense of alienation in Balochistan where terrorism is intensifying and the problem of enforced disappearances is becoming more acute. On the Pakistan border, India has already admitted to carrying out assassinations inside Pakistan and The border with China remains unstable,” Khan wrote.
Mr Khan blamed his situation on the country’s military, claiming the only thing left to do was “kill” him. Khan reiterated that if anything happened to him or his wife, the Chief of Army Staff, General Asim Munir, would be held responsible.
“The military authorities have done everything they can against me. All that remains for them is to kill me,” Khan wrote.
“I have publicly said that if anything happens to me or my wife (Bushra Bibi), General Asim Munir will take responsibility. But I am not afraid because my faith is strong. I am not afraid of slavery. “I would rather die than that,” he said.
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Khan also highlighted that Pakistan faces global isolation amid high inflation, economic crisis and widespread fraud in recent parliamentary elections.
“The state remains isolated as the economy is in crisis, prices are soaring, and people are politically angry about being disenfranchised and economically distressed,” he wrote. Ta.
“Unfortunately, instead of accepting the mandate of the people, the military became enraged and manipulated the election results to bring the losers to power. Similar vote tampering was seen in recent by-elections,” Khan said. said.
In his column, Khan also spoke about the state of the judiciary, as six judges of the Islamabad High Court have written a letter to Pakistan’s chief justice alleging harassment and intimidation by intelligence agencies, including against their families.
“This is unprecedented in the history of our country. A lot of people knew, unofficially, what was going on with senior judicial officers, but to receive letters like this from these judges… “This shows a level of desperation, anger and frustration,” Khan wrote.
