ISLAMABAD: PTI founder Imran Khan on Tuesday revealed that the former ruling party was willing to talk to all political parties except for the PPP, PML-N and the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM-P).

The remarks by the former premier came at a time when his rivals — despite failing to secure a majority in the lower house of parliament — have decided to enter an alliance, likely to be led by the PML-N, with the help of erstwhile Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) partners. Mr Khan appeared before a judge in cases registered against him in connection with the violence on May 9.

Speaking to reporters at Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi, Imran Khan revealed that the PTI information secretary had been tasked to approach the political parties, except for the ones mentioned above, to initiate a dialogue.

In response to a question about whether the PTI would form the federal government, Imran Khan said that his party’s priority was to challenge the results of the polls in the Supreme Court. He said he had never witnessed such a rigged election and urged all political parties, calling out rigging, to form a joint front.

According to the PTI leader, transparent elections were the only solution to the problems faced by Pakistan as rigged politics would lead to more economic uncertainty. He claimed he knew his party had won the election when the announcement of results was delayed on the election night and the PML-N supreme leader, Nawaz Sharif, postponed his media talk.

He claimed that the PML-N supremo and his daughter Maryam Nawaz Sharif, both lost the election, while PTI’s candidate Aliya Hamza secured “more than 100,000” votes while contesting elections from jail.

In a reference to the efforts to form a coalition by his opponents, Imran Khan alleged that efforts were underway to “impose a money-laundering syndicate” on Pakistan and alleged that the Sharif family was the “biggest money launderer” in the country.