Al-Qaeda a product of CIA: Imran Khan

KASUR: Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf chief Imran Khan has said Al-Qaeda is a product of the CIA and Pakistan is facing its brunt.

He was addressing PTI workers and newsmen at a local hotel on Sunday. He said no Pakistani was involved in the 9/11 incident and more than 500 blasts had taken place in Pakistan since the attacks on the US.

He criticised the remarks of UK Prime Minister David Cameron and said it was not for the first time that such remarks were passed. He said: +IBw-Our rulers lack self respect to counter such remarks.+IB0- He said he was amazed that under such circumstances President Asif Ali Zardari wanted to visit the UK. He said PML-N Quaid Mian Nawaz Sharif and other politicians were silent on the issue as they had assets in the UK and other countries.

Imran Khan said the government would not complete its tenure. He said fate of the masses would not change unless there was economic justice in the country. About half of the country+IBk-s population was living below the poverty line, forcing the people to indulge in crime and corruption, while the rulers were busy plundering national exchequer in the name of privatisation, he added.

The PTI chief claimed that if he was given a chance, he would resolve all the issues, including terrorism, taxation, price hike and unemployment, in three months. He said if his party came into power, then it would help the Nato forces to withdraw from Afghanistan and held negotiations with Taliban.