Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on
Saturday turned his guns once again on PPP Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari,
saying he would decide the fate of "Zardari and his entourage" with the
people of Sindh during his visit to Karachi next week.
"The
Peoples Party's barbaric looting of Sindh is unacceptable and
intolerable," he said. "The Tehreek-i-Insaf will free Sindh from the
clutches of Zardari and his corrupt lackeys," he said.
The
latest outburst signals that despite both overt and covert efforts by
the PPP to get Khan to tone down his harsh criticism of Zardari, any
hopes of a diplomatic agreement between the two parties remain slim.
"We brought Nawaz [Sharif] to the witness stand; now it's Zardari's turn," Khan was reported to have said. "We will pursue this imam [leader] of the corrupt to rid Pakistan and Sindh of all corruption."
Saying he had a special interest in Sindh, Khan said he would not rest without bringing tabdeeli (change) to the province.
He
made the remarks during a meeting with PTI's Senior Vice President Ali
Zaidi, during which he was briefed on the fundamental problems faced by
the people of Sindh, especially Karachi.
"Sindh is being
crippled under the PPP's disastrous management," Zaidi told Khan. "The
people of province have lost their right to clean drinking water under
the incumbent government."
"The hardworking, sincere and
patriotic people of Sindh have been subjugated by the most corrupt
group. Their only hope is the message of 'change'," he said.
