PTI Chairman Imran Khan held a frank discussion with several reporters and anchorpersons in Lahore on Saturday evening.

The meeting happened at the courtyard of his Zaman Park residence, not because it was hot inside, but because Khan believed the rooms in his house had been bugged. “They have installed something in there,” he was quoted as saying by Ali Mumtaz.

The following key points emerged from Khan’s conversation with journalists, who reported it on their TV stations, vlogs, and tweets. Saleem Sheikh from Aaj News was among them.

• The military establishment no longer entertains phone calls from President Arif Alvi
• Imran Khan still believes there is no use in speaking to other political leaders in the country.
• If Khan is arrested, Shah Mahmood Qureshi and Pervez Khattak will lead the party.
• Khan fears even a Bhutto 2.0 could happen in the country — a reference to Zulfikar Ali Bhutto’s death at the gallows.
• However, he does not want to go into exile
• He does not see elections being held even in October.
• Of all the leaders who left PTI, Imran Khan was hurt by Shireen Mazari’s departure. He understands her situation though. Mazari was close to him and had access to his Twitter password.
• Khan could not immediately condemn the May 9 violence because he came to learn about the Corps Commander House attack four days later.
• Khan is not worried about the fact that people are leaving his party in droves because he thinks his popularity continues to rise.
• He is ready to say under oath that he never instructed anyone for ransacking properties or resort to violence.