LAHORE: A disturbing video showing a passionate supporter of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) outside party Chairman Imran Khan’s residence in Zaman Park, vowing to ‘sacrifice’ his own child for Khan, has gone viral on social media.
میں اپنے بچوں کو ساتھ لیکر آیا ہوں عمران خان سے پہلے ان کو گرفتار کرنا ہو گا
عمران خان کے لیے میرے بچے بھی قربان زمان پارک کے باہر ایک کارکن کا جذبہ pic.twitter.com/M6SpDSn6s6— Naya Pakistan (@Naya__Pakistan_) January 24, 2023
The man was part of a group of PTI supporters gathered at Zaman Park to foil Imran Khan’s possible arrest. “I am here with my children… These children will willingly get arrested before Imran Khan does. I brought both my children here with me, for Imran Khan.. I will sacrifice their lives over Imran Khan. If they arrest him, they will take Imran Khan over the dead bodies of my children,” he says as his child smiles blissfully during his father’s emotional pronouncement.
His statement has been censured on Twitter, with people expressing concerns for the safety of the child.
A Twitter user noted the disturbing and fanatical nature of this claim, particularly the “extreme cult mindset” behind it: “They have made Imran Khan bigger than religion.”
https://twitter.com/TheSaadKaiser/status/1618023276957282305
Another commentator notes how such supporters have been brainwashed.
Sickening to watch this video. This is the height of brainwashing by the cult leader. No human or children should be sacrificed for another human or even for any supreme deity. Please keep your children, families & friends safe from this nonsense. #imrankhanPTI #ImranRiazKhan pic.twitter.com/wnyadu7nXD
— Muzakir Ijaz (@muzakirijaz) January 25, 2023
https://twitter.com/Shafidpk/status/1618084815873675264
A longer version of the video can be viewed here, in which the man is seen walking in front of journalist of Bol Network, Imran Riaz Khan:
https://twitter.com/Usman_Ch92/status/1618012449621544962
