Imran Khan,
now-former prime minister of Pakistan, says he was not dangerous when he was in
government, but he will be more dangerous now. The man who brought Pakistan
cricket World Cup glory and roused the populace to vote out an allegedly
corrupt regime is miffed at being removed from power, and he will not take it
lying down.

“During my 25
years in politics, I have never provoked the public against state institutions
and the judiciary because my life and death is in Pakistan. I ask you, what
crime have I committed that you opened up the courts at midnight,” Khan asked Pakistan’s
judicial establishment speaking at his first public rally since his ouster.

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Speaking from Peshawar,
Imran Khan said, “We will not accept an imported government and people have
shown what they want by holding demonstrations against the move.”

“I ask the
judiciary that when you opened the court in the dead of the night…this nation
has known me for 45 years. Have I ever broken the law? When I played cricket,
did anyone ever accuse me of match-fixing,” a roused Imran enquired.

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Khan was removed
from the prime minister’s post after the Pakistan Supreme Court, at midnight,
decided that the deputy speaker’s decision to reject the no-confidence motion
brought by Opposition parties was not in line with the nation’s constitution.
Shehbaz Sharif, brother of former Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif, has since taken on as
prime minister.

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Imran Khan has
consistently alleged that the move to oust him was part of a “foreign
conspiracy
” hatched in Washington. The United States has denied any
involvement. Now, Khan has called upon the Pakistani populace to take to the
streets in protest.

Khan, who is just
another among all Pakistani prime ministers who did not get to finish their
term in office, said that when other prime ministers were ousted, people celebrated,
but when he was removed from office, the masses broke out in protest.

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A Gallup Pakistan poll carried
out immediately following Imran Khan’s ouster from power showed that 57% of the
people of Pakistan were “happy” with him being removed from office and 43% were
“angry” about it. Khan, during his tenure, was accused of mismanaging the economy.