Will not compromise with govt, says former Imran as he completes 400 days in jail

Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan on Sunday completed 400 days in prison, pledging that he is ready to spend his whole life in jail but will not compromise on his struggle for "Haqiqi Azadi (real freedom)." The 71-year-old former cricketer-turned-politician's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party held a rally in Islamabad Sunday to press for his release from jail. Khan was arrested on August 5 last year after his conviction in the first Toshakhana corruption case filed by the Election Commission of Pakistan.

Since then, he has been in jail.The government ministers say Khan's freedom is linked with his unconditional apology for the riots in which the PTI workers allegedly attacked state and military installations. Khan, however, demands the setting up of a judicial commission for a probe into the May 9 violence. “Tod a y, I m - r a n Khan completed 400 days in jail, but the powers that be couldn't break his resolve for Haqiqi Azadi.

The whole nation is standing behind him and he will soon come out of jail,” PTI's senior leader Asghar Gujjar said on Sunday. Gujjar told PTI that today's rally will be an eye-opener for this “fake government” of the Pakistan Muslim League- Nawaz (PML-N) which could no longer detain Khan.Last week, Khan said that he will "remain in jail for my whole life.''