LAHORE: The Chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan has urged upon the lawyers community to play their part in saving their premier constitutional institution.
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In a televised address, the former premier asked lawyers to united for thwarting attempts by the government to divide the judiciary, urging legal fraternity to attend the lawyers’ convention being organised by the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) on Wednesday (today).
“Attacks on judiciary, attacks on social media teams, torturing your own citizens isn’t the solution. Free and fair elections is the solution”-@ImranKhanPTI #عدلیہ_کی_دشمن_ن_لیگ pic.twitter.com/kKjVbY6Mdi
— PTI (@PTIofficial) March 28, 2023
Referring to government’s move to curtail Suo Motu powers of the Chief Justice of Supreme Court of Pakistan, Imran Khan said the entire effort was aimed at pressing the Supreme Court to fall in line on delaying elections in the country.
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“I am a supporter of judicial reforms and the PTI would carry them out once it returns to power. But Tuesday’s move has vested, not national, interest behind it. The PML-N has always played politics by joining empires and the latest move must be seen in the same context,” he said, adding that once in power, the PDM first neutralised the National Accountability Bureau and then went after the Federal Investigation Agency. It is now applying the same method on the Supreme Court. It would be most unfortunate if it succeeds, Mr Khan lamented and invited “lawyers to play their part in saving their premier constitutional institution”.
During his address, Khan dubbed Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah as a coward person, alleging that he had played a key role in his attempted murder plot. He said he would take legal action against Rana Sanaullah for hurling a death threat. He declared Sanaullah a member of the ‘terror mafia’.
The PTI Chief urged upon party workers to start lodging FIRs against Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah all over the country for threatening his life.
Earlier, during a meeting with Kazim Khan, president of the Council of Pakistan Newspapers Editors, Khan said “Rana [Sanaullah] is more of a terrorist than an interior minister and this coward would be proceeded against for hurling threats on my life.”
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“He [Rana Sanaullah] is rather preparing the ground for my political or physical elimination as he is the key player. He is one of the three characters, who are after my life: both political and physical. I have already named other two (Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and a high-ranking official of intelligence setup) and the interior minister has been cast as third character, who is now (mentally) preparing people for the eventuality,” said Imran Khan.
