Keeping Up The Pressure : Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan Warns Of Civil War If General Elections Not Announced ; Says New Date For Next March Soon

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Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has warned incumbent Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif  that the country would descend into a civil war if fresh elections were not announced.
In an interview to Pakistan’s Bol News on Wednesday, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman said he is waiting for the Supreme Court to decide on his party’s plea to provide protection to the protestors, after which he said he would issue the date for the next march demanding general elections, Pakistan’s Dawn newspaper reported.

“We will see if they allow us to go towards elections through legal and constitutional means otherwise this country will go towards (a) civil war,” he warned.

Imran Khan further said there was “no question” of returning to the National Assembly as that would “mean accepting the conspiracy” that had removed his government.

Mr Khan was removed from office in April through a no-confidence vote but he refused to accept the outcome and blamed that the US was involved in toppling his government.

Imran Khan has been protesting ever since and calling fresh elections because, in his words, the incumbent coalition government led by Shehbaz Sharif of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) party was “imported” and not a true representative of the Pakistani people.