• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
Trending:
  • Kashmir
  • Elections
Monday, June 16, 2025

Daily Times

Your right to know

  • HOME
  • Latest
  • Pakistan
    • Balochistan
    • Gilgit Baltistan
    • Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
    • Punjab
    • Sindh
  • World
  • Editorials & Opinions
    • Editorials
    • Op-Eds
    • Commentary / Insight
    • Perspectives
    • Cartoons
    • Letters to the Editor
    • Featured
    • Blogs
      • Pakistan
      • World
      • Ramblings
      • Lifestyle
      • Culture
      • Sports
  • Business
  • Sports
  • Arts, Culture & Books
  • Lifestyle
  • E-PAPER
    • Lahore
    • Islamabad
    • Karachi

Nawaz to be responsible if ‘third power’ steps in

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Sunday said Nawaz Sharif will be responsible if a ‘third power’ steps in as a result of the PTI’s November 2 lockdown.

Talking to reporters at his Bani Gala residence, Kaptaan said the upcoming protest is for the premier’s ‘resignation or accountability’ following Panamagate.

In a reference to Nawaz, the PTI supremo said that only “one person will be responsible if democracy is derailed”.

He, however, did not mention which force or institution would be derailing democracy following the protest but clarified, “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, the skipper accused the government of defaming the army.

He alleged that the premier’s daughter Maryam Sharif’s media cell was involved in leaking of information from a recent high-level meeting on national security.

“The PM’s daughter’s media cell is involved in this, there is no doubt about that. And that is why the investigation is not progressing. This was a very large security breach,” he alleged.

The PTI has also prepared a strategy to tackle any possible crackdown against the party.

PTI workers will gather at Faizabad and march to Zero Point under the captain’s leadership.

“Blocking Zero Point will render Kashmir Highway, IJ Principal Road, Murree Road and Islamabad Expressway closed and the federal capital will be in lockdown,” a senior official told a private TV channel.

“Party leaders are of the view that the government will close the roads themselves, helping the party’s plan to besiege Islamabad,” he said.

If PTI workers are arrested ahead of the lockdown, the party plans to lay siege to the police station where they will be held.

Earlier this week, Nawaz flayed Kaptaan’s party, saying the party leaders are only found on containers.

“Forget about Pakistan, the PTI will have washed their hands of KP by 2018,” he said, adding that the province would be ruled by the PML-N after the next general election.

The Supreme Court will hear petitions on Panamagate on November 1. The hearing had earlier been adjourned for two weeks, but the court changed the date on Friday.

Commenting on the hearing, the PTI chairman said while the court may sentence Nawaz, the PTI was only demanding his resignation for a fair investigation.

Taking a jibe at Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), Imran said, “Those who call themselves opposition are defending Nawaz to save their own faces.”

Filed Under: Pakistan

Submit a Comment




Primary Sidebar




Latest News

Penn state creates world’s first computer without silicon using atom-thin materials

Aqib Javed clears air on Babar Azam’s T20 future, reveals key development plans

Gold price drops by Rs700 per tola in Pakistan after global market decline

ATC rejects more chances as Imran Khan refuses polygraph tests twice

PM Shehbaz: Tax law changes must not be used to harass honest taxpayers

Pakistan

ATC rejects more chances as Imran Khan refuses polygraph tests twice

PM Shehbaz: Tax law changes must not be used to harass honest taxpayers

Pakistan assures sufficient petroleum reserves amid Iran-Israel conflict

PTI proposes PPP boycott of federal budget to block government’s approval

PM Shehbaz forms special committee to tackle oil price shock amid middle east tensions

More Posts from this Category

Business

State bank keeps interest rate at 11% to support stability, warns of trade deficit risks

Punjab unveils Rs5.3 trillion budget with 10% pay raise and no new taxes

Pakistan powers up: final agreements for Karachi’s nuclear plants approved

Govt nears final deal with wind power projects to ease energy costs

PM Shehbaz calls overseas remittances a backbone of Pakistan’s economy

More Posts from this Category

World

Penn state creates world’s first computer without silicon using atom-thin materials

Iran’s missile attacks shake Israel’s confidence in civilian safety

France shuts Israeli weapons stands at Paris airshow, sparking diplomatic tension

More Posts from this Category




Footer

Home
Lead Stories
Latest News
Editor’s Picks

Culture
Life & Style
Featured
Videos

Editorials
OP-EDS
Commentary
Advertise

Cartoons
Letters
Blogs
Privacy Policy

Contact
Company’s Financials
Investor Information
Terms & Conditions

Facebook
Twitter
Instagram
Youtube

© 2025 Daily Times. All rights reserved.

We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it.OkPrivacy policy