ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has approached the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and other international forums against “political vendettas, assassinations and attacks on Pakistan’s largest political party PTI”. .
The letter was written by the former speaker of the National Assembly, Asad Qaiser, as he felt it was his responsibility to bring to various forums around the world the “illegal human rights policies and practices” of this “fascist regime”. Report “serious violations”.
Through his letter, the former speaker urged international forums to take “immediate notice” of the situation and “play their role in saving the Pakistani people from the monster of political genocide, destruction of democracy and destruction.”
As the former Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan, I feel compelled to reach out and inform you about the alarmingly high levels of violence, kidnappings, attempted murders, custodial torture and serious human rights violations in Pakistan. I am Enforced disappearances, inhumane treatment and killing or killing of prominent journalists and political activists of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), leaders, former and current members of Parliament, including former Prime Minister of Pakistan, current Chairman Tehreek-e-Insaf, Mr. Imran Ahmad Niazi in Pakistan. The current PDM government along with the law enforcement agencies”
Stating to international forums that PTI is Pakistan’s most popular political party, Qaiser told the IPU that after heavy political horse-trading in “strange” political circumstances, the party sought a fresh mandate from the Pakistani people in Parliament. Resigned from
He claimed that despite being in the “oppressed opposition”, the PTI has won 30 out of 37 by-elections with a margin of more than 50 percent against twelve political parties – which are part of the coalition government.
The present government along with the two caretaker governments in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces have committed heinous crimes and adopted such heinous methods to suppress the political dissent of PTI which violates the basic principles of decency, humanity and all international agreements. is against Human rights are hanging by a tether,” the former speaker wrote.
He added that a “fake criminal complaint” was filed against Khan to force him out of politics. A “coordinated assassination attempt” was then made on Khan’s life, in which he suffered multiple gunshot wounds and fractures, as well as injuring 11 others and killing a bystander.
“Till date, they have not been allowed to exercise their constitutionally mandated right to frame the accused involved in the assassination attempt of the former prime minister and to file a case against the accused,” he said.
On 3 November, Khan was shot in the leg – in what he described as an assassination attempt – since his supporters have been occupying his residence in Lahore for the past few months to defend and protect their leader. The house is surrounded by tents.
Qaiser mentions a list of other things, including:
- Till date 127 fake and baseless cases have been registered against the PTI chief.
- Khan’s residence and family were raided more than once and arrested without reason.
- PTI chief’s supporters are harassed and beaten up daily on one or the other pretext.
- Renowned investigative journalist Arshad Sharif was killed while investigating “official corruption” by those in power.
The PTI leader added that the Supreme Judiciary of Pakistan is under heavy attack by the PDM government, which has released a series of “fake audio/videos” in an attempt to blackmail them.
“If this was not enough, steps are now being taken to ban the PTI as a political party following two assemblies by state bodies in violation of clear Supreme Court orders. Elections have been unconstitutionally refused.
“Incumbent Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has reached out to militant party workers for resisting violence and his niece, Maryam Nawaz, who is the leader of the party, has made genocidal remarks about the generation of mainstream political activists. Statements have been made.”
