LAHORE: The Chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan has claimed that the ruling party PMLN is petrified of elections and therefore, threatening the Supreme Court and the Chief Justice of Pakistan.
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His comments came after multiple reports suggesting that the law brigade of ruling class had become active behind the scene to cause dents and cracks within the SC ranks. Journos affiliated with pro-government media outlets posted coded messages purporting to show that they had still a few surprising moves left to jolt the judiciary.
جب جب سجاد علی شاہ جیسی آمریت ہوگی تب تب تارڑ آئیگا ۔ اب تو دو تاڑ ہیں ۔عطا تارڑ pic.twitter.com/ZMvkjmw3Ho
— Abdul Qayyum Siddiqui (@QayyumReports) March 31, 2023
Federal Ministers including Khawaja Asif, Rana Sanaullah and Marriyum Aurangzeb also held press talks at the end of first session of Supreme Court proceedings today, in which they not only demanded to constitute full bench to hear the case of elections delay, but also warned that if the 3 judges bench went ahead with the hearing, they would not accept the verdict.
As PMLN did in 1997 by storming SC to attack CJ Sajjad Ali Shah hearing a contempt petition against Nawaz Sharif, today PMLN is again threatening SC & CJP because they are petrified of elections. I want ppl of Pak to be ready to come out in streets if need be to save Rule of Law,
— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) March 31, 2023
Taking to Twitter on Friday, Imran Khan recalled that “as PMLN did in 1997 by storming SC to attack CJ Sajjad Ali Shah hearing a contempt petition against Nawaz Sharif, today PMLN is again threatening SC & CJP because they are petrified of elections. I want people of Pak to be ready to come out in streets if need be to save Rule of Law, the Constitution & democracy. We will be talking to all those pol parties who are prepared to stand up against this conspiracy. I especially appeal to Lawyers community to again take the lead as they did in 2007 Lawyers Movement to protect Pakistan’s Constitution & Rule of Law.”
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