Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Mahmood Khan has said that when PTI chief Imran Khan calls another protest march in the vein of the party’s Azadi March, he will use the “force” of his province.
“When Imran Khan Calls Again” [for another march] I am telling you that I will use the force of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.”
CM Mehmood made these remarks at a lawyers’ conference in Peshawar on Monday, apparently referring to PTI’s May 25 “Haqiki Azadi March” on Islamabad, which ended before reaching D-Chowk – the destination of the march. Imran set a deadline for the government to announce general elections after giving him six days and warned that he would return to the capital if his demands were not met.
On the eve of 25 May, when the march was to begin, police raid Further arrests were made at the residences of PTI workers and leaders as the government stepped in to end the protests, claiming that Its aim was to spread “chaos and disorder”.
Subsequently, the use of force, roadblocks and clashes between police and protesters were seen during ProtestWhile deaths were reported among PTI protesters and law enforcement personnel.
Later cases were registered against several PTI leaders for rioting, violation of Section 144 and other charges.
Imran Khan has warned in recent speeches that his workers will consider “better plan” In the next iteration of Azadi March. He has also said that he called off the march to stop the bloodshed, and recently, in an interview, said that some of his demonstrators were “armed too,
Referring to the incident, Chief Minister Mahmood said, “Our people who have been injured.” [in police clashes] – We are going to court against this imported government.”
He also said that a meeting was held with the Justice Lawyers Forum and both he and Imran asked him to prepare documents for registering a case against Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah under section 302 (planned murder) of the Pakistan Penal Code. was.
“We will not spare them,” he said, adding that he had earlier participated in a “peaceful rally”.
Earlier in his address, the KP chief minister said he had consulted his legal team and vowed to “avenge what this imported and incompetent (federal) government had done to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and its people”. . The chief minister did not elaborate on what he was saying.
He urged people to support him on the move, declaring that he would approach the Supreme Court against the federal government.
Taking a jibe at Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif, he called him “rangeela“and a “mental matter”.
After this, Chief Minister Mehmood referred to the recent statement of the Prime Minister. Know In which he said that he will “sell shirts on his back and give people the cheapest wheat flour”.
“These are the clothes of the robber which no one wants to buy,” the chief minister said.
He also responded to the Prime Minister’s 24-hour ultimatum on Sunday, in which the premier had asked him to bring down the cost of a 10 kg bag of wheat flour to Rs 400.
Responding to the statement, Chief Minister Khan said: “I am giving you an ultimatum, imported prime minister, ineligible prime minister, thief prime minister. We will take away our right – the right of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.”
“We are going to file a case against him and by God’s will we will be successful,” he said at the end of his speech.