LAHORE/ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has blamed “agencies” for the arson and firing in some areas during the violent protests on May 9, which he accused in the Al-Qadir Trust case.
In a tweet from his official handle on Monday, the former prime minister said his party had “enough evidence” to prove that agency personnel had started arson and firing during the protests to blame the Tehreek-e-Insaf.
His statement came after PTI activists and supporters stormed military installations on May 9, with top army officials trying to prosecute the protesters and their supporters under relevant laws, including the Pakistan Army Act and the Official Secrets Act. came soon after the determination of what the military called “Black”. Day”.
According to a statement by Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the decision was taken during a special Corps Commanders’ Conference (CCC) held at the General Headquarters under the chairmanship of Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Asim Munir. has been.
Following the arrest of Khan, who has been critical of the military since his ouster in April last year, PTI activists stormed military installations and the Corps Commander’s House, originally known as Jinnah House, in Lahore. , vandalized other public properties.
“The Forum expressed [a] strong commitment that those involved in these heinous crimes against military installations and personal/property should be brought to justice through trials under the relevant laws of Pakistan, including the Pakistan Army Act and the Official Secrets Act,” the statement said. will be brought to justice.”
Without quoting the army’s statement, the PTI chief wrote: “We have enough evidence to submit to any independent inquiry that the arson and firing at some places were carried out by agency personnel who wanted to create havoc.” And wanted to blame it on PTI. The current crackdown would be justified.
In a video statement, Khan said government buildings and the Lahore Corps Commander’s House were vandalized as part of a “systematic conspiracy”.
He said miscreants infiltrated the PTI protestors and instigated their workers, video evidence of which he said was available with the party.
“I want an independent inquiry [of the vandalism]…” he added, adding that this was all being done under the “London plan” to ban his party and put all its leaders behind bars.
Earlier in another tweet, he also shared videos in which PTI Punjab chapter president Dr Yasmeen Rashid and her sisters were “clearly telling the protesters not to damage Jinnah House”.
“Clearly this whole stage was orchestrated by people who wanted to use it as a pretext for further crackdown on PTI, including me to put our workers and senior leadership in jails to get Nawaz Sharif in the London plan. The assurances given can be fulfilled,” he alleged.
Meanwhile, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders lashed out at Maulana Fazlur Rehman’s ruling ally Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazal (JUIF) for violating Article 144 and breaking the gates of the Red Zone and the Supreme Court. . Of Pakistan
PTI Central Information Secretary Farrukh Habib, senior leader Hamad Azhar and party’s Islamabad Region President Ali Nawaz Awan said that Fazal’s trained militia violated Article 144 and broke the gates of the Red Zone to the Supreme Court. The gate was occupied but neither the army nor the Islamabad police. could be seen anywhere.
“A religious militia, which is also a coalition party of the government, attacked the Supreme Court of Pakistan. The police stood by and allowed a madrassa student to climb the gates of the SC. There are strong indications that Imran Khan’s The arrest was followed by arson and rioting by those in civilian clothes who attacked the peaceful crowd. This was followed by heavy firing on the protestors, resulting in the death of dozens,” Hamad tweeted.
In a statement, Ali Awan said that despite the implementation of Section 144, the Islamabad Police is facilitating the sit-in of the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) in front of the Supreme Court. He said that according to Article 245 of the Constitution, the security of the Red Zone was entrusted to the Pakistan Army, but ironically, the security personnel were nowhere to be seen.
Meanwhile, PTI has issued special instructions to its legislators and ticket holders to provide full legal assistance to party workers who were martyred, injured and arrested during peaceful protests across the country.
Acting Secretary General Umar Ayub Khan issued a circular in this regard. It was directed that Tehreek-e-Insaaf will provide all legal assistance to its martyred, injured and detained workers. In this regard, all former members of PTI National and Provincial Assembly and ticket holders will make all arrangements for legal support.
According to PTI’s Central Media Department, the “imported government” here has started breaking all bounds of cruelty and deliberately playing with the lives of senior PTI leaders by putting them in jails.
The statement said that the health of PTI Senior Vice President Dr Shireen Mazari is rapidly deteriorating, accusing the federal government and the prison administration of criminal negligence regarding her health and treatment.
His family approached the Islamabad High Court for treatment and Iman Mazari, daughter of Dr. Mazari, submitted a formal written application in the High Court, requesting that he be shifted to a hospital for immediate medical examination and treatment. . He was picked up from his residence in Islamabad around 2:30 on May 12.
Commenting on the fiery speech of Raja Riaz, the so-called leader of the opposition in the National Assembly, Farrukh Habib said that conscience-mongering characters like him have turned the National Assembly into an auction house.
He claimed that ‘the people will make Imran Khan the prime minister again and the electoral security of Raja Riaz in Faisalabad will be taken away from the hands of the people and will be made a symbol of political lesson’.
