<div style="text-align: justify; "><b style="font-size: 1rem;">Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan has accused the ruling coalition of planning a plot to put the army against the "largest" political party and incite animosity among Pakistanis, saying that this might lead to the country's dissolution.</b><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">“This is high time that the powers that be should sensibly rethink otherwise the country might face an East Pakistan-like situation,” Pakistani news outlet Dawn quoted him as saying.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">“The PDM leaders and Nawaz Sharif, who is absconding in London, are least concerned whether the country’s constitution is desecrated, state institutions are destroyed or even Pakistan Army earns a bad name. They are looking for their vested interests of saving the looted wealth alone,” said the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief during a speech via video link from his Lahore residence on Wednesday.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">“I am seeing a frightening dream that the country is heading towards an imminent disaster,” he claimed.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Elections were the only way to remove political instability, he also said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Khan asserted that he had supported the Pakistan Army in foreign media throughout his political career, saying, “When I reprimand the army, it is like I am criticising my kids.”</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">“I have repeatedly stated that I do not interfere in state institutions’ internal matters. I did not interfere when I had confirmed reports that the former army chief was conspiring against me,” he said, stating that several politicians told the present army chief that Imran Khan will de-notify him if elected, according to the Dawn report.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Khan strongly reacted to the Punjab government's assertion that 40 terrorists were hiding at his Zaman Park residence in Lahore, saying the authorities must inspect the house lawfully after getting a search warrant since his own life was at risk in the presence of terrorists.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">“But don’t make this an excuse to launch a crackdown on the country’s largest political party PTI,” he warned.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Observing that 25 PTI workers had been killed, 700 had been injured by bullets, and over 7,500 had been imprisoned, the PTI chairman warned that this would result in a "big backlash" harming the country's interests. AP/UNB</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>