War against terror, the greatest threat for Pakistan: Imran

Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf (PTI) chief and former cricketer Imran Khan has said that the greatest threat to Pakistan is not religious extremism, but the war against terrorism.

Islamabad, Sept 5 : Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf (PTI) chief and former cricketer Imran Khan has said that the greatest threat to Pakistan is not religious extremism, but the war against terrorism.

"Pakistan Army has become a mercenary force fulfilling someone else's agenda, while intelligence agencies are a curse for this country. These agencies rig elections and support the corrupt people. After polls, they blackmail the politicians, showing them their corruption cases," he said.

Khan said those politicians trying to strike a deal with Musharraf, were hatching a conspiracy against the nation and the country.

He said the main objective of the second phase of lawyers' movement was to oppose Musharraf's re-election.

"Political forces should remain more cautious during this phase," the Dawn quoted him, as saying.

Pakistan was a rich-man's country, where the elite commanded respect and enjoyed every facility, Khan claimed.

The poor, on the other hand, were being denied health, education and basic amenities of life, he added.

Khan also criticised Benazir Bhutto's demand for the granting of amnesty to exiled politicians from 1988 to 1999.

"Now the leader of the 'fascist party' of Pakistan - Altaf Husain - is also speaking of amnesty," he said.

Earlier, lawyers, politicians and traders accorded a warm welcome to Imran Khan at Glotiyaan and brought him to Daska in a big procession.

ANI