Does it feel that way to you . Yes, stephen. Its been like that for a while, ever since i was out of power 1a months, 15 months ago. What was hoped by the establishment which removed me, what they hoped was that the party would just fizzle away. And normally it happens when youre out of power, youre out of power for quite a while. But instead, what happened . The most unusual thing in this country that the partys popularity kept growing, and that in the by elections that took place, out of 37 by elections, my party swept 30 of them. And this is despite the establishment backing the government parties. So since then, attempts are being made to knock me out of the game. I had two Assassination Attempts on me. And apart from that, now i have close to my double century almost 200 cases. And the whole attempt is to either imprison me or disqualify me or both. Yeah, you talk about being knocked out of the game. Isnt the reality, now that there are these pretty much 200 cases against you, whi
really, was to focus on the fact that since may 9th, the extreme pressure put on your pti party, some of its members, from the most senior to the mostjunior, has led to the implosion of your party. some of your most senior former lieutenants like fawad chaudhry, pervez khattak whom i mentioned jahangir ta reen, they ve all left. some of them have set up new political parties. your party, as it was, frankly no longer exists. if my party doesn t exist, why don t they announce elections? why did they run away from the elections stipulated by the constitution, announced by the supreme court on the 9th of may, and 60% of pakistan was punjab? they ran away from the elections. now they re trying to run away from the elections in october. so if my party is finished, they shouldn t be worried. the problem is the party s intact. they have tried everything. they have put 10,000 people injail, including women never done before peaceful protesters, and worse, they have put people through to
but my point, really, was to focus on the fact that since may 9th, the extreme pressure put on your pti party, some of its members, from the most senior to the mostjunior, has led to the implosion of your party. some of your most senior former lieutenants like fawad chaudhry, pervez khattak whom i mentioned jahangir tareen, they ve all left. some of them have set up new political parties. your party, as it was, frankly no longer exists. if my party doesn t exist, why don t they announce elections? why did they run away from the elections stipulated by the constitution, announced by the supreme court on the 9th of may, and 60% of pakistan was punjab? they ran away from the elections. now they re trying to run away from the elections in october. so if my party is finished, they shouldn t be worried. the problem is the party s intact. they have tried everything.
because you have made it clear you accept no responsibility for the violence around may 9th. i understand that, but my point, really, was to focus on the fact that since may 9th, the extreme pressure put on your pti party, some of its members, from the most senior to the mostjunior, has led to the implosion of your party. some of your most senior former lieutenants like fawad chaudhry, pervez khattak whom i mentioned jahangir tareen, they ve all left. some of them have set up new political parties. your party, as it was, frankly no longer exists. if my party doesn t exist, why don t they announce elections? why did they run away from the elections stipulated by the constitution, announced by the supreme court on the 9th of may, and 60% of pakistan was punjab? they ran away from the elections. now they re trying to run away from the elections in october. so if my party is finished, they shouldn t be worried.
i want to stop you, imran khan, because you have made it clear you accept no responsibility for the violence around may 9th. i understand that, but my point, really, was to focus on the fact that since may 9th, the extreme pressure put on your pti party, some of its members from the most senior to the mostjunior, has led to the implosion of your party. some of your most senior former lieutenants like fawad chaudhry, pervez khattak whom i mentioned jahangir tareen, they ve all left. some of them have set up new political parties. your party, as it was, frankly no longer exists. if my party doesn t exist, why don t they announce elections? why did they run away from the elections stipulated by the constitution, announced by the supreme court on the 9th of may, and 60% of pakistan was punjab? they ran away from the elections. now they re trying to run away from the elections in october.