ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Wednesday filed a petition in the Supreme Court (SC) seeking permission for a second long march to Islamabad and preventing the government from using force against peaceful protest.
The petition, filed by PTI Secretary-General Asad Umar, named the interior ministry, Islamabad inspector-general, and others as respondents.
The petition argued that the court should order that PTI be allowed to hold peaceful protests and gatherings in Islamabad and that no obstacles should be put in the way of PTI protests in any city.
It said the court should order that no PTI worker or leader should be arrested or tortured, intimidating tactics against PTI and raids on houses should not be carried out and the movement of people shouldn’t be stopped.
The petition seeks that the court order that no force be used against the participants in the protest and sit-in.
Former Prime Minister Imran Khan has called for protests in Islamabad in case the government does not announce elections.
Meanwhile, Asad Umar, while talking to the media outside the apex court, said that the government is taking such steps to break the country. “It wants to create a divide between the Centre and provinces,” he said. He went on to say that the party has raised questions related to basic rights provided in the Constitution of Pakistan.
He asked which law restricts the citizens from staging a peaceful protest.
