Pakistanis will distribute sweets if army takes over: Imran

MIRPUR: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chairman Imran Khan on Sunday said Pakistanis will distribute sweets if the army takes over.

Speaking to a public gathering in Islamgarh, Mirpur, he said democracy in Pakistan not in danger because of the army rather the ‘dictatorship’ of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was the real threat.

He said a ‘kingdom’ is being run in Pakistan in the name of democracy.

Imran Khan further said that when the government works sincerely for the people, the masses of that country support the regime.

PTI chief’s statement came as Turkish authorities on Sunday pressed on with a ruthless crackdown against suspects in the failed coup against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

According to the Turkish government, 161 civilians and regular troops lost their lives when a group within the army sought to overthrow the authorities by seizing key strategic points in Istanbul and Ankara late Friday.

Over 100 coup plotters were also killed, the military has said.

Thousands responded late Saturday to a new call by the president to pour into the squares to celebrate the "victory of democracy" with mass rallies of flag-waving Turks reported in cities including Ankara, Istanbul, and Izmir.