Imran rules out aligning with PML-N but open to all other Pak parties

Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairperson Imran Khan has ruled out the possibility of an alliance with the Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz (PML-N) for the upcoming elections.

"We will not join the PML-N... We will contact all other parties," The Express Tribune quoted Imran, as saying.

Khan said that the PML-N is supporting the current government and is a part of the system, which it proposes to change.

"Nawaz had said to [President Asif Ali] Zardari that even if the PPP [Pakistan Peoples Party] leaves you, we will be standing with you. But, he said, that his party is standing up to democracy and the Constitution of the country and "will not back any military takeover," Imran said.

He added that free and fair elections are a solution to ensure that the democracy continues to prevail in Pakistan.

He called on the Pakistan's Election Commission to make new electoral rolls pointing out that 45 percent of the electoral votes in the 2008 elections were fake.

"The nation can see that the government is trying to become a martyr, but a martyr is one who dies for a noble cause... If they make a sacrifice for the sake of their bank accounts, then the whole nation will distribute sweets on the roads for their 'martyrdom'," Imran said.(ANI)