Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Syed Zulfiqar Abbas Bukhari aka Zulfi Bukhari has announced renouncing his British citizenship, saying that he will fight alongside former prime minister Imran Khan for his “real freedom movement”.

“The country needs us… win or defeat is in the hands of Allah, but we have decided to serve Pakistan,” Bukhari said, adding that those who fled Pakistan are trying to take asylum but they will have to return soon.

The PTI leader said that the decision to renounce British citizenship was a personal one, saying that he will contest the next general elections on PTI ticket.

“I will live and die in Pakistan. It was being said that I will run away from Pakistan after the end of the government but I stood with Imran Khan in difficult times. I am a Pakistani and I will remain a Pakistani,” he added.