Movement plan ready: Aleema
on the instruction of Imran Khan.
Talking to the reporters, Aleema Khan said that the party founder had stated that a mass movement would be launched after Ashira-e-Muharram.
When asked about the rumours taking rounds that PML-N could meet Imran, Aleema outright rejected such a notion. "What is there to talk about?" she told the reporter. "Even his own party or his family does not listen to Nawaz Sharif."
She said that their focus was on the release of Imran and the establishment of rule of law in the country.
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