Rawalpindi: Imran Khan, the founder of the Pakistan Tehreek -e -Insaf (PTI), in jail, on Monday demanded the Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Yahya Afridi to stand by law and justice.
In an informal conversation with journalists in Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi, the PTI founder addressed the CJP: “The nation is looking at you.”
Khan said he wrote two letters to Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Asim Munir, “because all democratic paths are obstructed”.
His comments came when the CJP headed by the Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP) appointed six new judges in the Supreme Court during the boycott of PTI lawmakers and two senior SC judges. Approved.
After being convicted in several cases beyond power in April 2023 in April 2023, which has been behind bars since August 2023, a 71 -year -old cricketer said, “The CJP stands with law and justice. Need to be. “
The coalition government blast, PTI founder said: “Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif, President Asif Ali Zardari and [federal] Ministers are all fake. There is no hope of Parliament.
It is noteworthy that the former ruling party alleges that his mandate was stolen during the general election, February 8, 2024.
“Parliament is not active. This is a fraud parliament.
Moving towards the process of negotiations between the PTI and the ruling coalition, the former Prime Minister said he was not expecting any progress in the talks.
“I have told my team that talks with the government are useless,” he added.
The former prime minister in the jail said that his party had not demanded a judicial commission to investigate the alleged rigging in the general election, but to investigate the incidents of May 9, 2023 and November 26.
The PTI terminated the negotiations on the government’s “non -cooperation” and the establishment of a judicial commission, violent protests and crackdown against party protesters in Islamabad last year. .
Referring to the recent controversial amendments made in the Electronic Crimes Act (PECA), 2016, Khan said: “There was censorship in the past but now [the government] Introducing Packa [amendments].
While thrilling the government in connection with the crackdown against PTI workers, the founder of the imprisoned PTI said that there was hypocrisy in the clothing of democracy and criticism and that it was treacherous in the country.
Talking about freedom of expression, Khan said that there was a “controlled media” in the country, adding that protests and rallies were not allowed by the government.
