Legal proceedings in opposition to ex-Pak PM Imran Khan for violent protests to be launched in 2-3 weeks

By Press Trust of India: Pakistan’s Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah has mentioned that authorized proceedings in opposition to Imran Khan shall be initiated inside 2-3 weeks for bloody violence that erupted after the previous premier’s arrest in a corruption case on May 9.

Khan, the 70-year-old Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief, has denied his involvement within the violence, saying he was in jail when the incidents happened. He has mentioned that the institution plans to maintain him in jail for 10 years in a sedition case.

Sanaullah in an interview with the Geo News on Saturday night time mentioned Khan was “100 per cent” liable for the violent protests.

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The arrest of Khan by paramilitary personnel from the Islamabad High Court premises on May 9 triggered unrest in Pakistan, resulting in a number of deaths and dozens of navy and state installations being destroyed by the offended PTI protesters.

“Whatever had happened in Pakistanâ€æthe hatred in Pakistani politics; the chaos in Pakistan politics; the economic deterioration in Pakistan; and the instability in the country: only one person is the architect of all this. His name is Imran Khan,” he mentioned.

The minister mentioned that Khan injected poison into the youth and they aren’t prepared to just accept something lower than the demise of political opponents.

“Khan is responsible for all this. But as far as action is concerned, see there is a processâ€æFirst of all, the criminal carrying out an illegal act is arrested. Then with evidence the actual mastermind is traced,” he mentioned.

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Sanaullah additionally claimed that the federal government is nicely conscious of the very fact who was behind the mayhem of May 9, however ready for extra proof.

When requested about how lengthy it might take to finish the investigation to start formal authorized proceedings in opposition to Khan, the minister mentioned that “it will take two to three weeks.”

When requested why he was naming Khan for involvement in violence on May 9 with out having correct proof, the minister mentioned there was nonetheless sufficient proof to level him out.

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When requested if there was any prior planning for the assaults on installations, the minister mentioned, “Yes, 100 per cent planning; 100 per cent planning” and added that it was deliberate to the minutest element of “who will do what”.

He mentioned the authorities have been getting important info from the individuals arrested and it had come to mild that Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf leaders Yasmin Rashid, Mehmood ur Rasheed, Hammad Azhar and others have been concerned within the assault on the Corps Commander’s home, often called Jinnah House, in Lahore.

Sanaullah earlier mentioned that the previous prime minister could possibly be tried in a navy court docket because the PTI chief was the “architect” of the May 9 incidents.

Imran Khan on Thursday mentioned that the stage has been set for his “court martial” after the nation’s omnipotent military vowed to strive the “masterminds and planners” of the May 9 violence in navy courts.

Khan, a cricketer-turned-politician, was ousted from energy in April final yr after dropping a no-confidence vote in his management, which he alleged was a part of a US-led conspiracy concentrating on him due to his impartial international coverage selections on Russia, China and Afghanistan.

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Jun 11, 2023