...a political party in Pakistan. PTI was founded by former Pakistani cricket captain and philanthropist Imran Khan. The party's slogan is
Justice, Humanity and Self Esteem, each of which is open to widely divergent interpretations....
(PTI) Chairman Imran Khan
...aka The Great Khan, who who convinced himself that playing cricket qualified him to lead a nuclear-armed nation with severe personality disorders...
, who accused the United States of engineering his ouster from power in April last year, has purportedly sought a US Congresswoman's help against an ongoing crackdown on his party workers and leader.
The alleged audio leak featuring Khan and US Congresswomen Maxine Moore Waters emerged on social media on Saturday wherein the former could be heard asking the American politician to raise her voice against "human rights
When they're defined by the state or an NGO they don't mean much...
violations" in Pakistain.
"Maxine Waters took my call!"
"We're fooked"
"[This is] probably one of the most critical times in our history. We have the most bizarre situation going on in this country," the former premier purportedly told other person in the audio believed to be US congresswoman.In the 1.57 minutes-long audio leak, the PTI chairman briefed the US politician about his ouster from power and subsequent crackdown on his party workers.
"I received three bullets in one liquidation attempt. My government was removed by ex-army chief army [General Qamar Javed Bajwa] because the military establishment is very powerful here."
"He conspired with people who are in power currently and toppled my government," he alleged in the leaked conversation.
Khan added that his party was facing the "worst crackdown" which, according to him, no democratic party had ever faced in the country’s history.
While requesting Congresswoman Waters to issue a statement in his party’s favour, Khan said: "We would appreciate here because it goes a long way when someone like you Maxine gave a statement."
"All we want is just the rule of law and Constitution and fundamental rights. We just want a statement highlighting [crackdown] and that would really help us when someone like you Maxine speaks up it makes a lot of waves," he added.