LAHORE: Pakistan’s Punjab authorities has accredited the registration of extra circumstances towards jailed former prime minister Imran Khan and his social gathering males for inciting hate towards the state establishments, particularly the highly effective Pakistan Military. The 71-year-old former cricketer-turned-politician has been in jail since August final yr after being convicted in a few of the almost 200 circumstances slapped on him since his ouster in April 2022.
“The Punjab Cupboard of Maryam Nawaz has accredited authorized motion towards Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) founder chief Imran Khan and his different social gathering leaders for constructing a hate narrative towards the state establishments,” Punjab Info Minister Azma Bokhari instructed a press convention after a cupboard assembly on Friday night.
The minister stated Khan is making an attempt to change into Mujeebur Rehman (of Bangladesh). Mujeebur Rehman had efficiently led the Bangladeshi independence motion towards Pakistan. He turned the primary prime minister of Bangladesh in 1971.
Bokhari stated those that meet Khan in Adiala Jail Rawalpindi additionally observe him in spreading hate towards the establishments.
The Punjab authorities is more likely to ebook Khan and his shut associates for writing an article in a British newspaper on a criticism from a journalist, she stated.
Earlier this month, in an article in The Telegraph newspaper, Khan alleged that the navy institution, beneath the direct steerage of Gen Asim Munir, the chief of military workers, has tried each tactic to decimate his social gathering’s presence from the political setting of Pakistan however failed.
“The oppression, torture and denial of our election image have been extensively documented, however nothing has labored for the navy and the powerless civilian management performing as its puppets. Pakistan’s basic elections on February 8 2024, confirmed the utter failure of their design.
“With no single electoral image in a rustic the place the overwhelming majority of voters are guided by a celebration image, the individuals got here out and voted overwhelmingly for candidates supported by my social gathering, the PTI, regardless of standing as ‘independents’ with a bunch of numerous symbols,” he wrote.
Khan additional stated this democratic revenge by the individuals of Pakistan towards the agenda of the navy institution not solely was a nationwide defiance by the individuals but additionally an entire rejection of the official state narrative of Could 9 2023, when PTI supporters had been falsely accused – as a pretext for a crackdown – of attacking navy installations.
“As a substitute of accepting the individuals’s mandate, the navy institution went right into a match of rage and electoral outcomes had been manipulated to carry into energy the losers. The constitutional functioning of state establishments have to be restored, the navy institution has carried out all they might towards me. All that’s left for them is to now homicide me.
“I’ve acknowledged publicly that if something occurs to me or my spouse, Gen Asim Munir shall be accountable. However I’m not afraid as a result of my religion is robust. I would like loss of life over slavery,” Khan wrote.
“The Punjab Cupboard of Maryam Nawaz has accredited authorized motion towards Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) founder chief Imran Khan and his different social gathering leaders for constructing a hate narrative towards the state establishments,” Punjab Info Minister Azma Bokhari instructed a press convention after a cupboard assembly on Friday night.
The minister stated Khan is making an attempt to change into Mujeebur Rehman (of Bangladesh). Mujeebur Rehman had efficiently led the Bangladeshi independence motion towards Pakistan. He turned the primary prime minister of Bangladesh in 1971.
Bokhari stated those that meet Khan in Adiala Jail Rawalpindi additionally observe him in spreading hate towards the establishments.
The Punjab authorities is more likely to ebook Khan and his shut associates for writing an article in a British newspaper on a criticism from a journalist, she stated.
Earlier this month, in an article in The Telegraph newspaper, Khan alleged that the navy institution, beneath the direct steerage of Gen Asim Munir, the chief of military workers, has tried each tactic to decimate his social gathering’s presence from the political setting of Pakistan however failed.
“The oppression, torture and denial of our election image have been extensively documented, however nothing has labored for the navy and the powerless civilian management performing as its puppets. Pakistan’s basic elections on February 8 2024, confirmed the utter failure of their design.
“With no single electoral image in a rustic the place the overwhelming majority of voters are guided by a celebration image, the individuals got here out and voted overwhelmingly for candidates supported by my social gathering, the PTI, regardless of standing as ‘independents’ with a bunch of numerous symbols,” he wrote.
Khan additional stated this democratic revenge by the individuals of Pakistan towards the agenda of the navy institution not solely was a nationwide defiance by the individuals but additionally an entire rejection of the official state narrative of Could 9 2023, when PTI supporters had been falsely accused – as a pretext for a crackdown – of attacking navy installations.
“As a substitute of accepting the individuals’s mandate, the navy institution went right into a match of rage and electoral outcomes had been manipulated to carry into energy the losers. The constitutional functioning of state establishments have to be restored, the navy institution has carried out all they might towards me. All that’s left for them is to now homicide me.
“I’ve acknowledged publicly that if something occurs to me or my spouse, Gen Asim Munir shall be accountable. However I’m not afraid as a result of my religion is robust. I would like loss of life over slavery,” Khan wrote.
