Imran announces a show of force at Minar-i-Pakistan

LAHORE: 

Kicking off the election campaign after a week-long battle with Punjab's caretaker government, PTI Chairman Imran Khan announced a public meeting at  Minar-i-Pakistan - the same venue where he launched his 2013 election campaign  with a massive rally. power 

I faced serious threats to my life, but still I  came out for the good of this nation and not for  personal gain," Khan told  his rallies from inside a bomb- and bullet-proof vehicle at Data Darbar Chowk. Monday, where he arrived after traveling for almost four hours from his Zaman Park residence. 

Saying that he is waging a war against the corrupt and  looters for the sake of Pakistanis and their future generations, the PTI chief invited the people of Lahore to join him at the Minar-i-Pakistan in March. 19. "

Show the world how people stand with me in his 'Haqeeq Azadi' Jihad," he said. 
 
When Imran Khan led the rally from his residence, 

PTI leaders, workers and supporters greeted him with flower petals and shouting slogans along the route. With a strong police force guarding the protest,

the county government blocked all access roads leading to the protest route  with containers.  
 Leads election rally in Lahore, says no one risks life 'for self gain' 
 
 The participants were then welcomed with fireworks at his Data Darbar Chowk. The PTI chief said he will not fight the "corrupt mafia" for his own gain.
 No one risks his life for himself. 
 
The former prime minister said the official had crossed all limits in character assassination and said he would use all tactics to oust the PTI leader from the upcoming elections. At the recent launch of Toshakana gift plates, he said the current government created  drama but revealed "who is really robbing Toshakana". Similarly, he said that the current rulers have been making noise about foreign funding, but once the PML-N and PPP foreign funding cases are decided, things will become clear to the public. “
PTI is the only legally funded entity,” he claimed. 
 Khan also paid tribute to his slain PTI worker Aribiral alias Zille Shah, who died on March 8. 30 states called him a rice paddy.