Islamabad : Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has started his address of the “historic” power show of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) at Parade Ground in Islamabad, here on Sunday, Express Tribune reported. PTI party workers from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab, and other parts of Pakistan have reached the venue in large numbers to support their Khan ahead of the no-confidence motion against him in the National Assembly. Khan began his address by thanking those present at the rally and said, “First of all, I thank my nation. The way you turned up on my call from all corners of Pakistan, I appreciate you from the bottom of my heart,” PM Imran said in his opening remarks. “I also pay tribute to my team of parliamentarians as ‘you were offered money and attempts were made to bribe you but you made me happy and I am proud of you.’ Khan further said “I want to speak my heart out and I want you to listen to me quietly. I invited you for Amr Bil Maroof to emphasise that our Pakistan was built on the ideology of Islamic welfare state. We had to build the country on the basis of Riyasat e Madina, adding “I came into politics 25 years ago and formed political party for one thing only and that is following the vision of Pakistan for which it was created.” Khan once again claimed that he had put the country on the path of becoming “Madina-like” welfare state. “Previously, it was not possible for a common man to get free treatment at private hospitals… for the first time in country’s history attempts are being made to lift the downtrodden segment of the society,” said the premier while referring to his government’s social welfare programmes. Earlier, PTI Vice Chairman and Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi who earlier addressed the gathering said that Pakistan has “woken up” and the corrupt political leaders (opposition) were bound to face defeat. Qureshi claimed that he was aware of the “conspiracy” behind the no-confidence motion, and said that he had informed the premier about the same. Qureshi had also claimed that opposition parties have offered to take back no-trust motion in return for a “NRO-like deal”
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