ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb Wednesday said the comic show – Jail Bharo (court arrest) campaign – of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan, had proved to be a complete fiasco.
The movement would, in fact, start with Imran Khan being jailed for the crimes he had committed while in government, she said in a post on her Twitter handle, tagging a tweet of the PTI chief announcing to end his part’s court arrest drive.
او بھائی!کون سی جیل بھرو تحریک؟مزاحیہ تماشہ فلاپ ہوا،تحریک اب شروع ہوگی جب تم جرائم پر جیل جاؤ گے.آئین کا تحفظ تمہارا فرض تھا جب تم نے عالمی سازش کے جھوٹ سے صدر،سپیکر، ڈپٹی سپیکر سے آئین شکنی کرائی.آئین شکن فارن ایجنٹ توشہ خان چور کا کٹہرے میں نہ آنا آئین اور قانون کا مذاق ہوگا https://t.co/rziLqNwwu3
— Marriyum Aurangzeb (@Marriyum_A) March 1, 2023
She recalled that (as prime minister) it was Imran Khan’s responsibility to safeguard the Constitution, but he forced the president, and the National Assembly speaker and deputy speaker to violate the Constitution on the pretext of a foreign conspiracy, which was a total lie.
“It will be a mockery of the Constitution and law if the ‘foreign agent’, Toshakhana thief and violator of the Constitution, is not brought to justice, she said.
‘Jail Bharo Tehreek’ Suspended
Earlier, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan on Wednesday welcomed the Supreme Court (SC) verdict on Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) polls and announced suspension of the “Jail Bharo Tehreek.”
Taking to Twitter, the former premier said the party was suspending its “Jail Bharo Tehreek and moving forward with election campaigns in KP and Punjab”.
It was the responsibility of the Supreme Court to uphold the Constitution and they have valiantly done that through their judgment today. It is an assertion of Rule of Law in Pakistan,” the PTI chairman wrote in a tweet.
SC verdict
The Supreme Court, in a 3-2 verdict, ruled on Wednesday that elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab should be held within 90 days.
CJP Justice Umar Ata Bandial, Justice Munib Akhtar and Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar supported the verdict, while Justice Jamal Mandokhail and Justice Mansoor Ali Shah opposed the admissibility of the suo moto notice and dissented from the majority verdict.
