Islamabad, Oct 13: Pakistan’s jailed former prime minister Imran Khan on Thursday said he will neither leave the country nor back down even an inch from his quest for real freedom for the upholding of the rule of law and the Constitution.Imran Khan’s family on Thursday posted his message to the people of Pakistan on his X account.
“To those suggesting that I leave
the country, know that I will live and die with Pakistan, and I will not leave my land to go anywhere. Regardless of what prison they keep me in, whatever conditions they impose upon me, I will not back down even an inch from the quest of Haqeeqi Azadi (real freedom), for the upholding of the rule of law and the Constitution of Pakistan, at the core of which is free and fair elections (sic),” his X post said. The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman, who has been at Adiala jail in Rawalpindi in the cipher case, further said: “Let it be known that there’s a difference of day and night between Imran Khan of today and Imran Khan who was imprisoned on August 5, 2023. Today I am stronger and fitter; spiritually, mentally and physically, than ever before.”
Imran Khan, 71, was arrested in August after a case was filed against him for allegedly violating the Official Secrets Act by disclosing a secret diplomatic cable (cipher) sent by the country’s embassy in Washington in March last year.