Imran Khan, the chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), has said that the “Jail Bharo” (court arrest) movement will begin on Wednesday, beginning in Lahore, and blames the current coalition government for its “political victimisation” of his party officials and friends.
He warned the Pakistan Democratic Movement-led (PDM) government in his address to the nation on Friday from his home in Lahore’s Zaman Park, where he has been living since being shot in the legs on November 3 of last year. “We will fill jails, they [authorities] will have no space left to hide,” he said.
Following the filing of sedition charges against several of his party’s leaders, including Fawad Chaudhry, Azam Swati, and Shahbaz Gill, Imran Khan declared “Jail Bharo Tehreek” on February 4 and urged PTI members and supporters to get ready to march across the nation.
The former prime minister, who was removed from office after a vote of no-confidence in April of last year, said, “They want to enslave us by threatening to throw us in jails,” vowing to carry out the wishes of the authorities.
