Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairperson Imran Khan said on Wednesday that the country cannot progress until everyone is equal in the eyes of the law while urging people to stand up for justice.

“No one should be above the law,” he said addressing the participants of the ‘Azadi March’ at Rahwali Cantt, Gujranwala. The former premier said that the purpose of rule of law for both the powerful and weak was justice, adding that Singapore eradicated corruption through rule of law and justice for everyone.

Imran Khan said that cases against Sharif family and Asif Ali Zardari have been quashed and now “they have been imposed on us”.

Turning his guns to the incumbent prime minister, the PTI chief alleged that Shehbaz Sharif was close to getting convicted in the Rs 16 billion corruption case. “All officers investigating Shehbaz’s corruption cases died one after another. No one asked how they died all of a sudden,” he added.

The PTI chief said that he had no control over the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), adding that those who were controlling the NAB had earlier decided to take action against corrupt people and later gave NRO to the thieves.

He said that the NAB law had been amended and “now only small thieves would be arrested”.

The ousted premier urged the people to join PTI long march and stand with him when his long march would reach Islamabad.

Chairman PTI said that Imran Raza, an officer of Rana Sanaullah, committed suicide and there was no investigation into Imran Raza’s suicide.