PESHAWAR, May 4: In sharp contrast to his Sharifbashing in Punjab, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chairman Imran Khan on Saturday turned his guns towards JUIF leader Maulana Fazlur Rehman, accusing him of exploiting the sacred name of Islam to reach the corridors of power.

Speaking at election rallies in a whirlwind tour of what is known as the Peshawar Valley, the PTI chief said that Maulana Fazlur Rehman was shedding crocodile`s tears and was befooling the people again in the name of Islam.

The Maulana had always politicised Islam to serve his own interests, he alleged.

The towns Imran Khan visited were Charsadda, Mardan, Swabi and Buner.

He charged that Maulana Fazlur Rehman, Awami National Party, Nawaz Sharif and Asif Zardari were responsible for destruction of the country. The time, he said, had come to hold looters accountable. `The nation will reject the plunderers of national wealth on May 11.

Addressing a public meeting in Nowshera, Imran Khan said that no corrupt leader or party would be able to face PTFs tsunami on the election day. He said the enthusiasm of youth would change the country and make a new Pakistan.

Lashing out at the JUI-F chief, he said that for five years, Maulana Fazl had kept mum over the bloodshed of thousands of innocent Pakhtuns and remained hand in glove with President Asif Zardari to stick to power.

The PTI chief claimed that his forewarning against joining the US-led `war on terror` had come true. `I never said it was our war as it neither was nor ever will be.

Pakistan drew fire to the peril of its people by readily becoming America`s lieutenant in this war for no reason`, he said.

In Charsadda, Imran Khan said that after coming to power, the PTI would restore the dignity of Pakistan in international community, which he said was badly damaged by the previous governments.

He continued to target Maulana Fazlur Rehman, saying that the JUI-(F leader was responsible for the killings of thousands of people during the Afghan war. Maulana Fazl never spoke against US drone strikes and military operations in the country, Imran said, adding that the JUI-F leader had adopted a dubious policy to deceive the masses.

Addressing a rally in Swabi, Imran Khan said the Pakistan Muslim LeagueNawaz and the Pakistan People`s Party had dominated the country`s politics since 1988, but they had utterly failed to deliver the goods.

He said that the two major parties and their allies would taste a crushing defeat and the PTI tsunami would sweep them away from power corridors. `We are poised to say goodbye to all former political actors on May 11 and those who labeHed us as Jew and Qadiani will not be able to reenter the parliament to devour public money,` he said.

He bitterly criticised JUI-F leader Maulana Fazlur Rehman, President Asif Ali Zardari, Mian Nawaz Sharif and ANP president Asfandyar Wali Khan, calling them political actors and US stooges.

`They always look to the Americans` nod and wink in all affairs,` he said. `If we are voted to power on May 11, we will neither remain under American influence nor work according to their agenda.

`We oppose US drone strikes.

If we are voted to power, there will be no drone attacks in Pakistan. The PTI will formulate an independent foreign policy,` he said.

He said that the former rulers indulged in corruption, looting national exchequer and inflicting a colossal loss to the country and its people.

`This practice is not acceptable to PTI and the youth of the country have been awakened. Those who ruined the country could not rebuild it`, he said. `The PTI will make a new Pakistan where justice, peace and prosperity will prevail,` said Mr Khan.

YOUTH AND DREAM: In Buner, the PTI chief said the enthusiastic youths would make the dream of a new Pakistan come true on May 11.

He said that after coming to power the PTI would explore the local natural resources to end loadshedding and would create employment opportunities for the youth.

He pointed to the cheering crowd, saying that `these change-makers` will ensure a positive change on May 11.

In Mardan, Imran Khan said American drones would be shot down if his party was elected to power in the coming general elections.

All nominated candidates on three National Assembly and eight PK constituencies of Mardan were present on the occasion.

He said the PTI supporters had struggled and waited for the last 17 years to lay foundation of a new Pakistan and now the dawn was nigh as the people would witness the start of a new Pakistan on May 11.

He said the ANP promoted the culture of easy load and plundered both the people and the public money ruthlessly. He hit out at the JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman for making propaganda against him (Imran Khan) that he had been backed by Jews and Qadyani.

`I am a true Muslim and believe that Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) is the last prophet,` he said, asking Maulana Fazl to stop telling lies to the people. He accused Maulana Fazl of making money through corrupt practices and diesel permits.

The Maulana supported Pervez Musharraf and President Asif Ali Zardari `during their regimes of corruption`