PTI chairman Imran Khan said on Monday that if the Supreme Court does not provide his party with “protection” from police action for the next round of protests, he will opt for a different strategy, in which his supporters have to deal with it. will be “prepared”. Situation.
Addressing a lawyers’ conference in Peshawar, the former prime minister said: “If they (SC) don’t give us security, today I stand here before you and say I will have another strategy.”
As part of this strategy, Imran said that PTI will make a plan to deal with the obstacles. ,[That] We weren’t ready in time […] We were stuck without preparation. This time we will be ready,” he said, declaring that it was a jihad For him. “I will not accept this imported government at any cost.”
Imran march for haqeeqi azadi – True freedom – preceded by authorities enforcing Section 144, a measure used to prevent gatherings. Shipping containers were placed on major routes to block their path.
Distracted by the move, the marchers, who attempted to force through the containers on their way to Islamabad, fired tear gas shells as the police tried to disperse them. The police also lathi-charged them.
Azam Swati of PTI has also done Police complaint filed Demanded registration of FIR against Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif, Home Minister Rana Sanaullah, Islamabad Inspector General of Police Dr Akbar Nasir and others for police brutality and unjustified use of force against PTI supporters.
During his speech, Imran hit out at the ruling coalition, reiterating that he was brought in through a “foreign conspiracy”. He also slammed the government for its action against those who participated in the much-publicized but short-lived Azadi March held on May 25.
He said, “We have sought a decision from the Supreme Court on whether we have a democratic right to protest peacefully or not? If it is a democracy […] On what grounds were we stopped? How can they stop the chief ministers of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Gilgit-Baltistan?” He asked.
He insisted that his party does not have a “history of violence”, alluding to PTI’s 126-day sit-in in Islamabad in 2014. He said he staged a sit-in on May 25 in an attempt to avoid bloodshed.
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Imran said the police brutality had angered the people, adding that he feared it would lead to violence and anarchy. He said this would create hatred towards the police as well as the army as the Rangers had also fired tear gas shells.
“I didn’t want my country to be divided and our enemies to benefit,” he said.
Imran asked the top court to give an explanation as to why barriers were put in place to prevent PTI from holding the long march. He also questioned whether the Supreme Court would allow such “undemocratic” steps when PTI announced its next March date.
“Such cruelty does not happen even in a dictatorship,” he said.
‘defining moment’
During his speech, Imran said that Pakistan is currently witnessing a “defining moment”, and called on the legal fraternity and the judiciary to play their part in saving the country.
“I want you all to think about jihad, it’s a fight for us haqeeqi azadi (true freedom),” he said. He further said that if he did not raise his voice, the coming generations would not forgive him.
Turning to the Sharif family, Imran said he was warned about them when he entered politics. “I was warned that they were cheap and disgusting and would not spare my family.”
He accused the Sharif family of acting like a mafia where it would either buy people’s loyalty or destroy them.
Imran also lamented that the law only applies to the country’s poor, showing how the prosecution of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Punjab Chief Minister Hamza Sharif is getting delayed.