Hafizabad: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairperson is addressing party rally in Hafizabad. 

Pakistan has two main problems, unemployment and inflation, both of which are a product of rampant corruption in the country, said Imran. 

The menace of unemployment is affecting the youth of the country, he said, adding that the youth are on the lookout for better employment opportunities. 

While addressing the rally, Awami Muslim League Head Sheikh Rasheed reiterated his claims that Imran Khan wants to help the people. 

"Imran has taken up important issues as such oppression and theft," he said. "I am with Imran in his struggle."

There is rampant poverty in the country, people don't have jobs, people don't have money to purchase expensive medicines, mothers are being forced to sell their kidneys, he remarked. 

"I want to contest my last elections with Imran," he added. 

Earlier, The PTI chief, accompanied by senior party leaders such as Shafqat Mahmood, Aleem Khan and Awami Muslim League Head Sheikh Rasheed, has reached the rally site. 

Chairman Imran Khan is expected to address a public gathering at around 7pm today.

The preparations for the rally have been completed and supporters are reaching the rally site.

PTI supporters wait for their political leader at the rally site in Hafizabad on November 24, 2017. Photo: Facebook/PTI

 

Strict security measures are in place to secure the event, according to the authorities, policemen and other officials have been deployed. 

Don't compare me to Nawaz Sharif: Imran

Earlier in the day, Imran asked the people to stop comparing him to political rival Nawaz Sharif. 

?Don?t compare me with Nawaz. My comparison with him is like comparing me with Sultana Dacoit,? he said. ?Nawaz should tell how his financial assets were shifted abroad.?

Comparing me to Nawaz, akin to comparing me with Sultana Dacoit: Khan

Imran Khan said federal government is calling his political protest 'terrorism' in an attempt to silence him

Imran Khan, during his brief media talk, said that 'political' people are being accused of terrorism.

He said that he wants institutions to become stronger in Pakistan, adding that the former premier is attacking the institutions in view of saving his ill-gotten wealth.

Khan recalled that when the Supreme Court issued directives against former prime minister Yousuf Raza Gillani, Nawaz had said that the court?s decision should be respected.