Khan Says Pakistani Government Crackdown Designed To Weaken PTI For Elections

Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan said the government’s crackdown against him and his Pakistan Tehrik-e Insaf (PTI) party is designed to weaken the group “so we can’t compete in the elections.” Khan told Voice of America in a wide-ranging interview conducted on May 18 that his party was not responsible for recent violence in the country, adding that “whenever we say there will be protests, there have always been peaceful protests.” Khan was speaking from his family home in Lahore via Skype with VOA America Pakistan Bureau Chief Sarah Zaman in Islamabad.