Islamabad: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman and former prime minister Imran Khan on Friday expressed his concern about the government\u2019s actions, stating that they are making a mockery of Pakistan abroad.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe dangerous ruling buffoons don\u2019t realise the damage they are doing to Pak\u2019s image abroad by sham FIRs & absurd sedition charges against a former PM for using terms \u2018Dirty Harry\u2019 & \u2018psycopath\u2019! They are making a mockery of Pakistan,\u201d tweeted Khan.
\nHe also warned that foreign investors may be getting a troubling message after the Pakistani government\u2019s decision to not accept the Supreme Court\u2019s decision in the Punjab polls delay case.<\/p>\n
\u201cAlso, what msg is being sent to foreign investors when govt itself is not accepting SC decisions? Investors need security of contracts & that means faith in judicial system. What confidence can they have when govt itself casting aside SC orders? This happens in a banana republic,\u201d he tweeted.<\/p>\n
Khan\u2019s comments came after the federal government demanded that Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial step down, claiming that his position had become \u201ccontroversial\u201d after Justice Athar Minallah\u2019s note in the case.<\/p>\n
Justice Minallah stated that the Supreme Court\u2019s suo motu notice over the delay in the announcement of provincial assembly elections was dismissed by a majority 4-3 ruling.<\/p>\n
A three-member SC bench comprising Chief Justice of Pakistan Umar Ata Bandial, Justice Ijazul Ahsan, and Justice Munib Akhtar had announced the verdict on the PTI\u2019s petition challenging the Election Commission of Pakistan\u2019s (ECP) move to postpone the Punjab Assembly polls till October 8.<\/p>\n
This ruling was rejected by the government, who labeled it a \u201cminority verdict\u201d, with the National Assembly also passing a resolution against the top court.<\/p>\n
The government\u2019s refusal to accept the Supreme Court\u2019s decision has raised concerns about the state of country\u2019s democracy and judicial system.<\/p>\n
The PTI chief also claimed that the sedition cases filed against him and the imprisonment of senior party leader Ali Amin Gandapur are attempts to undermine their party\u2019s ability to contest elections.<\/p>\n
\u201cSedition cases against me \u2013 this is 144th case against me- and our senior ldr Ali Amin along with his imprisonment, are simply attempts to undermine our Party\u2019s ability to fight elections. This is all part of London Plan in which Nawaz Sharif was given assurances that PTI would be crushed before elections through fake cases & imprisonment of its leadership,\u201d he tweeted.<\/p>\n
Imran Khan has been pushing for assembly elections in Punjab and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa provinces as part of a campaign to force an early general election that he has waged since being forced from office a year ago after losing a vote of confidence, reported The Express Tribune.<\/p>\n
However, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has rejected Imran Khan\u2019s call for an early general election and his government had backed the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) delay in the votes in the two provinces to Oct 8.<\/p>\n
The commission cited a lack of resources and the government agreed, saying it was not possible to organise the provincial elections while the country was struggling with an economic crisis and with a general election due around early October anyway.<\/p>\n
But the Supreme Court ruled that the delay was illegal and voting in the two provinces should be held between April 30 and May 15, reported The Express Tribune.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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