Islamabad: Pakistan’s Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah has said that the government is planning to consult experts to start the process of declaring Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party as a banned organization by the police. Residence in Lahore.
Leaders of the ruling coalition lashed out at Khan, who traveled from Lahore to Islamabad to mark his appearance at a district court here on Saturday amid chaos and chaos as his supporters clashed with the police.
While Khan was in Islamabad, more than 10,000 armed Punjab Police personnel launched a major operation at his Zaman Park residence in Lahore, arresting dozens of his supporters and claiming to have seized weapons and petrol bombs.
Interior Minister Sanaullah told a press conference on Saturday that the government would consult its legal team to assess whether to start the process to declare the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party a banned group, Dawn newspaper reported.
Sanaullah said, “Terrorists were hiding in Zaman Park. Weapons, petrol bombs etc have been recovered from Imran Khan’s residence, which is enough evidence to file a case against PTI for being a terrorist organisation.”
On the government’s plan to initiate the process of banning Khan’s party, the minister said, “Primarily it is a judicial process to declare any party as banned. However, we will consult our legal team on this issue.”
Separately, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif appeared to agree with his niece PMN-L’s senior vice-president Maryam Nawaz’s claim that Khan’s party was a “militant organisation”.
In a tweet, he said, “If anyone had any doubts, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Niazi’s actions in the last few days have exposed his fascist and extremist tendencies.”
Maryam said that Khan was afraid of going to jail.
He said, “I wonder whether he calls himself a politician. Politicians are not afraid of going to jail and accountability. Only thieves and terrorists do. The fear of arrest shows that the cases against him (Imran) are genuine.” ” Khan’s appearance without his appearance in the Toshakhana case.
“He is a coward as he left the court without marking his presence”.
According to the newspaper, several cabinet members of the PML-N organized the press to justify the police action against Khan and condemned his party’s “hooliganism” at the Islamabad judicial complex.
Law Minister Azam Nazir Tarar told reporters that in his 30-year professional career as a lawyer, he has never seen a court seeking signature (from a suspect) in a vehicle to mark his presence like in Imran Khan’s case. saw. “Don’t make fun of your judicial system,” Tarar said.
Federal Information Minister Maryam Aurangzeb also hit out at the judiciary for granting a “bundled package of bail” to Khan. “The terrorists who attacked the police, judiciary and the state got a bundled package of bail. It sends a message that he (Khan) is above the Constitution and the law,” he said.
Aurangzeb said that Khan’s followers did not throw petrol bombs at the police and rangers alone, but they also did so on the orders of the court. He insisted that all state institutions are responsible for upholding the writ of the government.
Climate Change Minister and Pakistan People’s Party Minister said, “Today, again the law and the sanctity of the court was trampled. He is trying to influence the court by bringing people there. The court should take cognizance of this, Otherwise other political parties will follow suit.” leader Sherry Rahman said.
Khan arrived from Lahore on Tuesday at the Islamabad Judicial Complex to appear in the court of Additional District and Sessions Judge Zafar Iqbal to attend proceedings on a complaint filed by the Election Commission of Pakistan over alleged disclosure of gifts in his asset declarations. The details were withheld. After waiting for hours at the entrance of the court, Khan walked back to Lahore as the police were unable to clear a path occupied by his supporters.
The hearing in the Toshakhana case was adjourned till March 30 and the judge finally agreed to allow the former prime minister to mark his presence on a document from his vehicle.