Pakistan lawmaker threatens to carry out suicide attack if ex-PM Imran Khan is ‘harmed’
The Hindu
Mr. Khan, who was ousted from power in April through a no-trust vote, has been claiming that the no-trust motion against him was the result of a ‘foreign conspiracy’
A Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf [PTI] party lawmaker loyal to former prime minister Imran Khan on June 6 threatened to target the current rulers of the country with a suicide attack if his leader was harmed.
Attaullah, elected from Karachi in 2018 on the symbol of PTI, posted a video clip on Twitter to make clear his intention in case Mr. Khan was harmed.
“If a single hair on Imran Khan’s head is harmed, then those running the country be warned: Neither you nor your children will remain. I will be the first to carry out a suicide attack on you, I will not let you go. In the same way, thousands of workers are ready,” Attaullah said in the video message.
Attaullah is a lawyer by profession and an ardent supporter of the former Pakistan prime minister.
Mr. Khan, who was ousted from power in April through a no-trust vote, has been claiming that the no-trust motion against him was the result of a “foreign conspiracy” because his independent foreign policy and funds were being channelled from abroad to oust him from power. He has named the U.S. as the country behind the conspiracy, a charge denied by Washington.
His supporters have warned of threat to his life and then information minister Fawad Chaudhry in the beginning of April had disclosed that a plot to assassinate Mr. Khan had been reported by security agencies.
Mr. Khan on May 14 reiterated that there was threat to his life and told his supporters at a rally that he had recorded a video in which he had taken the names of all those who “conspired against me”.