A senior Pakistani politician has charged the Western countries of trying to “secularize” Muslim states by supporting pro-West governments.

“After the Iranian revolution, the Western countries got alarmed, that there'll be some sort of an Islamic wave spreading all over the Muslim world. So, they then started bringing all these [regimes] to secularize our societies,” Imran Khan, leader of the Pakistan's Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Party, told Press TV.

“And from then onwards, we Muslim societies were being looked upon as this fight between the liberal and the religious. It's not a divide.”

Khan stressed that people are trying to get their “democratic rights” in the Muslim world.

“Basically, people want democratic rights in a Muslim world. Unfortunately, Western countries look upon us as 'if you're a pro-Western, you're a moderate and a liberal',” he said.

Referring to spread of the Islamic Awakening in the Muslim world, Khan said that people want “a general democracy” to be established in their country.

The distinguished politician also called for deep changes in Pakistan's redundant political system which, he said, is based on hereditary rule and privileges of power.

Khan stressed that Pakistanis must get rid of what he called “family politics” in their country.

Khan is becoming a rising force in politics in Pakistan as opposition figures are pressing the government to hold snap polls. The next national elections are scheduled for 2013.