ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's former Prime Minister, Imran Khan, has warned that if polls are not called, the country may descend into civil war.
"We'll see if they let us go to elections through legal and constitutional procedures, otherwise this country would descend into civil war," the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) head said in an interview, according to reports. The former premier further stated that returning to the National Assembly was "out of the question" since doing so would entail "accepting the conspiracy" that toppled his government.
According to report, Khan said he was waiting for the Supreme Court to rule on his party's request for security for protestors, following which he stated he will announce the date for the next march. The PTI Chairman confessed that as Prime Minister, he did not have absolute control, implying that the real power centres in the country were elsewhere, and that "everyone knows where that is." Khan said his administration was "weak" when it came to power and had to seek coalition partners, and that if the circumstance arose again, he would call re-elections and seek a majority government or none at all.
"We couldn't move since our hands were shackled. Power was not with us. Everyone knows where the power lies in Pakistan so we had to depend on them," he said without detailing any further who he was referring to.
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