ISLAMABAD – Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan has claimedthat international establishment working against him.

He said that all of his political opponents have joined hands to defeat himin upcoming elections on behest of ‘global powers that be’.

Addressing election rallies in Bannu and Karak on Saturday, Khan said thatPakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) amongother parties are colluding against his party, but “I will take them on anddefeat them”.

The PTI chief claimed that India and other world powers were backing thePML-N when he launched an anti-government movement in 2014, adding that hewas also declared as ‘Taliban Khan’ after raising his voice againstmilitary operation in tribal areas. “All parties cried foul after the lastelections, but when I demanded probe of rigging in four constituencies,they started terming me an enemy of democracy,” he said.

“2013 election was a fixed match … former chief justice Iftikhar Chaudhry,election commission and returning officers were all playing for them[PML-N]. How can they now claim that coming elections will be rigged,”remarked the former cricketer.

Khan said that his political opponents were only crying foul as they cansee themselves losing in the July 25 polls.

He also took to Twitter, saying: “PTI stands steadfast in its goal for NayaPakistan and inshaAllah we will succeed.”