ISLAMABAD: Former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan said on Saturday he would seek court protection as his party gears up for another anti-government rally in the capital.
Khan, who was ousted from power last month in a no-confidence vote after losing a parliamentary majority, led an anti-government march to Islamabad on Wednesday with thousands of supporters earlier this week to demand the dissolution of assemblies and a date for new elections.
He called off the protest on Thursday, after clashes between demonstrators and police, and the arrests of hundreds of his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party supporters across the country.
The ex-PM gave the government six days to dissolve assemblies and announce fresh elections.
During a press conference in Peshawar, he said his party would petition the country’s top court on Monday, ahead of a protest planned if the new polls are not called.
“I want protection from the Supreme Court,” he told reporters.
“We will gather the largest number of people, the kind of public you have never seen before in Pakistan’s history.”
The PTI chairman said he would “never accept” the new coalition government and would continue to protest against it.
“I told my core committee today that I will sacrifice my life but I will never accept them,” he added. “I am ready to fight them till the very end.”
