Mr. Imran Khan, Chairman, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has stressed on the need for further expanding the existing friendly relations between Pakistan and China. He said this while calling on the Chinese Ambassador Mr. Liu Jian to congratulate him on the 90thanniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China.
Mr. Jian welcomed Mr. Khan warmly to the Embassy and hoped that this would pave the way for maintaining regular contact in the future. Mr. Khan reciprocated the sentiment.
During the course of the meeting, Mr. Khan and Mr. Jian discussed the existing political situation in Pakistan. Mr. Khan dilated on the policies of the PTI and said that, instead of importing concepts from outside, his party offered home-grown solutions to the problems that Pakistan faced. He also stressed that Pakistan could learn immensely from the incredible success that China had achieved over the last three decades in the economic and political fields.
Mr. Khan said that PTI was a party of the future as its popularity was rising at an incredible pace. He stressed on the need to cleanse the election system in the country by eliminating the bogus votes and registering those who had so far been kept out of the election process, particularly the youth of the country. He also highlighted the need for setting up an independent election commission as only then transparent elections could be held in the country. He said that PTI had moved the court to ensure the same.
In the end, Mr. Khan thanked the Ambassador for extending the invitation to him and hoped that contacts would continue in the future. Mr. Khan was accompanied by Mr. Raoof Hasan, Media Advisor to the Chairman and Mr. Akbar S. Babar, Political Advisor.
