"I would prefer death over slavery," says incarcerated Imran Khan

Incarcerated Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan criticised the alleged pressure on his party by establishment, saying he would prefer death over slavery.

Recently, the former prime minister penned an article for The Telegraph, in which he came down hard on the top brass of the country's military.

"All that’s left for them now is to murder me – but I’m not afraid to die," he headlined the article

In his write-up, the ex-premier claimed that an alleged engineered vote of no confidence, almost two years ago, was moved against his government, and "a government cobbled together by the military establishment came into being".

"Since then, the military establishment, under [the] direct guidance of Gen Asim Munir, the chief of army staff, has tried every tactic to decimate my party’s presence from the political environment of Pakistan," the cricketer-turned-politician added.

Reflecting on the Feb 8 elections, in which PTI was stripped of its iconic bat symbol and its back-candidate emerged victorious, Mr Khan said that the people of Pakistan took democratic revenge against the agenda of the military establishment, rejecting of "the official state narrative of May 9, 2023.

Last year on May 9, several military and civil installations were vandalised by PTI workers and supporters after the arrest of Mr Khan in a corruption case.

Following the riots, several PTI leaders took a brake from politics or left party condemning attacks on military installations.

"Unfortunately, instead of accepting the people’s mandate, the military establishment went into a fit of rage and electoral results were manipulated to bring into power the losers, The same vote tampering was seen in the recent by-elections," the veteran politician alleged.

The ex-premier said that due to the alleged vote tampering "Pakistan is at a dangerous crossroads today".

Talking about the recent intervention allegations leveled by the Islamabad High Court (IHC) judges, Mr Khan said that judges were "subjected to all manner of pressures including blackmail and harassment of family members".

"This is unprecedented in our history – although, informally, many knew what was happening to the senior judiciary but for such a letter to have come from these judges shows the level of despair, anger and frustration."

Mr Khan, in the article, further said that the state stands isolated with an "economy in crisis, spiraling prices and a people politically angry at having their electoral mandate stolen."

"The military establishment has done all they could against me. All that is left for them is to now murder me. I have stated publicly that if anything happens to me or my wife, Gen Asim Munir will be responsible," Khan accused top armyman of hatching alleged murder plot against him. 

"But I am not afraid because my faith is strong. I would prefer death over slavery," the former head of state concluded.

However, Mr Khan hasn't provided any evidence of his allegations leveled against the country's military in his article written for the UK publication.