Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) lawmakers Bilal Virk and Nasir Mosazai have announced to join Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).
Both the leaders made the announcement after meeting with PTI chairman at his residence in Bani Gala.
“April 29 is the day to raise the foundations for a new Pakistan,” Imran said while welcoming the lawmakers to the party. He said that the people of Pakistan were ready to declare their support for the judiciary and other state institutions. He also voiced his appreciation for the chief justice and his team for having made accountable a ‘powerful mafia’. “We will not allow anyone to blackmail institutions or run away from accountability. The chief justice of Pakistan and his fellow judges deserve praise for holding the powerful mafia accountable,” he said.
The PTI chief said that the Sharifs had forced the nation into slavery, poverty and ignorance to amass wealth for their children. “An era of ideological politics is returning to Pakistan,” he said.
PML-N MNA from Sheikhupura Bilal Virk on the occasion expressed complete confidence in PTI’s leadership and the party’s manifesto. “Imran Khan is a beacon of hope for the people of Punjab who want to rid the province of corruption,” Virk said, adding that a single family has robbed Punjab and the entire country of its resources for their personal gain. He claimed that Khan had become the voice of the entire nation, especially the people of Punjab. He was confident that the future belonged to the PTI and Pakistan.
Published in Daily Times, April 15th 2018.
