Imran Khan calls for fresh polls in Pakistan, Praises India again

Former Pakistan's prime minister Imran Khan on Thursday yet again called for fresh polls in Pakistan - weeks after his ouster as the country's prime minister - while he addressed a power show in Lahore. He also praised India yet again for its foreign policy, stressing that the country "thinks for its own people before the benefit of other countries". The remark was meant to be a jibe at his rivals as Khan kept telling the gathering: “I have never seen such a huge crowd”. Khan, who has been told by his critics to "go to India" in the midst of his praises, has earlier too made similar comments to defend his decisions as the prime minister.

"We will never accept the Imported Government, there is only one way to fix the mistake, and that is immediate Elections" Chairman Imran Khan#PakistanDemandsElections #امپورٹڈ_حکومت_نامنظور pic.twitter.com/wDmA4EatUr

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 Imran Khan also defended his visit to Russia - when the Ukraine war had just started in February - saying that he had gone for his "own people", and to satisfy the country's energy needs. The cricketer-politician drew criticism for his "exciting time to be in Russia" comment while Europe was on the edge.