Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan announced that his party will not to remain part of the current political system in the country, and will instead resign from all the assemblies.
“We will not be part of this system. We have decided to quit all the assemblies and get out of this corrupt system,” he said while addressing thousands of supporters at his first public appearance since being shot earlier this month, reports Dawn.
Saturday's rally is the climax of a so-called "long march" by Khan's party, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), to press the government to call a snap election before parliament's term expires in October next year.
It is pertinent to mention here that Imran’s PTI is in power in Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan.
Imran said the PTI had decided not to go to Islamabad to avert any destruction or chaos. He added that he would soon be meeting his chief ministers and the parliamentary party about the matter.
