Friday May 26, 2023
Imran Khan thanks the government for putting him on the no-fly list.
The former prime minister claims that he will not go because he does not own property abroad.
The PTI chief says he will go on holiday to the mountains of Pakistan instead.
After being placed on the no-fly list along with 226 leaders and lawmakers of his party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan Friday said he has no plans to travel abroad, thanking the government for doing so.
A day earlier, Khan and hundreds of PTI leaders, according to sources, were added to the FIA's Provisional National Identification List (PNIL) to prevent them from going abroad for their involvement in the May 9 violent riots that caused damage to public and private property. especially those who belong to the country's armed forces.
The PTI chief tweeted, "I want to thank the government for putting my name on ECL as I have no plans to travel abroad."
Citing the reasons behind his plans, the former prime minister, who was removed from office after a vote of no confidence in April last year, said he had “no assets or businesses abroad, not even a bank account outside the country.
I want to thank the government for putting my name on the ECL as I have no plans to travel abroad, because I neither have any properties or businesses abroad nor even a bank account outside the country.
— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) May 26, 2023
If and when I do get an opportunity for a holiday, it will be in our…
However, if given the chance to go on vacation, Khan said he would choose the country's northern mountains, citing the places as his "favorite place on earth."
"If and when I have the opportunity to take a vacation, it will be in our northern mountains, my favorite place on earth," he added.
According to sources, Khan's wife Bushra Bibi was also included in the list, which also includes PTI politicians Murad Saeed, Maleeka Bokhari, Fawad Chaudhry, Hammad Azhar, Qasim Suri, Asad Qaiser, Yasmin Rashid and Mian Aslam Iqbal.
Sources further claimed that some PTI leaders and officials tried to leave the country in the last three days but were stopped at the airports.
In an attempt to prevent them from leaving the country, the police, the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) and intelligence agencies sent them their names.
Thousands of party workers and leaders have been arrested in a crackdown on the PTI since May 9 for the party's alleged involvement in the riots that claimed at least 8 lives and injured dozens.
Several party leaders and lawmakers – including Shireen Mazari, Fawad Chaudhry, Aamir Mehmood Kiani, Malik Amin Aslam, Mahmood Moulvi, Aftab Siddiqui, Fayyazul Hassan Chohan among others – have since publicly condemned the attacks on state facilities and announced their departure from the former ruling party. since the May 9 vandalism.
