Imran warns Pak could turn into SL

Islamabad : Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman and former Prime Minister Imran Khan has warned of serious and dire consequences if political horse-trading and theft of votes, aimed at stealing the mandate of his party’s candidate in the Punjab elections for the Chief Minister, continues. He said that the open buying and selling of politicians and party members by other parties is a blatant violation of the norms of a democratic system, adding that if such practices do not stop, then Pakistan would become the next Sri Lanka. “If this horse-trading and use of money to buy off our members does not stop, I am warning that Pakistan will become the next Sri Lanka,” he said while addressing a gathering in Lahore. “I will not be responsible for what happens next,” he added, highlighting that his narrative of change and foreign conspiracy of regime change to oust his government has reached every house, which can trigger a major uproar plunging the country into a civil war between the people and the institutions.