‘Plan C’ – is it brainchild of third umpire?

By Kiran Bokhari

Islamabad (Pak Destiny) Imran Khan’s ‘Plan C’ – whose brainchild is this Shiekh Rashid, Shah Mahmood Qureshi or Third Umpire.
As Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan threw down yet another gauntlet for the PML-N led government on Sunday, announcing the party’s plan to paralyse major cities – and eventually “shut down” the entire country by December 16, the debate also ensued whose idea is this to go for a complete onslaught.
The PTI would say its Imran’s idea while PML-N is of the view its ‘establishment’ which is in fact calling the shot.
Sources said since Mr Khan has been desperate and running out of options he was advised to go for a final ‘showdown’ with the Sharifs.
The PML-N bigwigs have also sat together to analyze whether Khan could do what he saying – blocking the country. Is establishment still behind him, the N league is pondering.
On Sunday addressing a crowd of thousands assembled at D-Chowk, Imran unveiled “Plan C”:
“On Thursday (December 4), I will go to Lahore and shut it down. On December 8 I will shut down Faisalabad; on December 12 I will go to Karachi and shut it down. By December 16, I will close down all of Pakistan.”
The PTI rally and the announcement of “Plan C” was a critical next-step for the party, which had lost political mileage and steam since the massive anti-government movement launched in August.
Reiterating demands for Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s resignation and a fair probe into alleged rigging of the 2013 elections, the PTI Chairman appeared confident that his new push for street agitation would succeed.
“I know the people of Lahore are ready… I know all of Faisalabad is ready… and Karachi, I know they are waiting for me,” he said.
Lambasting the ruling PML-N, Imran said a further “Plan D” would be revealed on Thursday.
“The ball is in your court, Nawaz Sharif — do your talks, do your investigations and solve the issue. We will close Pakistan down when December 16 comes, and what I do after that you will not be able to bear it…It has been 109 days and Naya Pakistan is waking up every day. We can all see it,” Imran said.
Maintaining an aggressive tone while addressing his opponents, the PTI Chairman reiterated claims that the PML-N and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) colluded to rig the 2013 elections.
“I am a Pakistani who can see my country going down, you [Nawaz] and Zardari both in the 2013 election fixed the match. Zardari says there was rigging in Punjab; Nawaz says [there was] rigging in Sindh, Fazlur Rehman also says there was rigging… Balochistan parties say there was rigging,” he said.
“I want to ask all lawyers and educated people — if all parties are saying there was rigging then why is only PTI and Imran Khan asking for an investigation this rigging?”
“Mian sahib, if a country progresses just based on new roads, then make Malik Riaz the prime minister — a country progresses when money is spent on the citizens for their betterment,” he said.
Now Mr Sharif will have to give a serious thought to talks option otherwise it seems the military take over is imminent in the event of bloodshed. – Pak Destiny

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