- Terms threats of martial law imposition unconstitutional
- Says nation should be ready for protection of apex court
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Wednesday made it clear that ruling mafia would not hold elections despite the Supreme Court’s (SC) ruling in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) election delay case because they are petrified of losing.
In a statement on Wednesday, PTI Chairman that the apex court’s verdict was a huge step towards Haqeeqi Azadi. Imran Khan announced to celebrate ‘Youm-i-Tashakur’ in more than 75 cities across all four provinces after the SC’s verdict in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa election delay case.
He said that in his address to the nation, he will warn the nation of the real threats. Imran Khan said that the nation should be ready to come on the streets for peaceful protest in support and protection of SC, which was upholding Constitution.
PTI Chairman Imran Khan’s address to Thanksgiving Day would be live telecast in major cities across the country.
According to the detail, Imran Khan’s address would be live telecast at nine o’clock across Punjab including at Liberty Chowk in Lahore, Chand Da Qila in Gujranwala and Cricket Stadium in Sheikhupura.
Moreover, PTI district office in Rawalpindi, PTI District Office in Sargodha, Kachehari Road, at Clock Tower in Faisalabad, Kachhari Chowk in Jhang and Satellite Town in Chiniot.
Besides, the address would be showed at PTI Central Office in Sahiwal, Stadium Road, MA Jinnah Road in Okara would also be screened live at Sanam Cinema.
Press Club in Pakpattan, Changi No. 9 in Multan, Saraiki Chowk in Bahawalpur will show Imran Khan’s address on screen.
Moreover, the address of PTI Chairman would be live telecast at these places at nine o’clock in the night across Sindh including Karachi, Hyderabad, Thatta, Sajawal, Tando Al Hayar, Dadu, Badin, Tando Muhammad Khan; Jamshoro, Matiari, Mirpurkhas, Umarkot, Tharparkar, Nawabshah, Sanghar, Sukkur, Khairpur, Ghotki, Jacobabad, Shikarpur, Qamber, and Kandhkot.
In addition, Imran Khan would be live telecast at various places across Balochistan such as Press Club in Quetta, Press Club in Zhob, Mazdoor Chowk in Dikki, Ziarat, Insaf House, Sanjawi Bazar, Qila Abdullah, Harnai, Mazdoor Chowk in Jafarabad and Allahwala Chowk in Naseerabad.
Besides, the address would be shown live at Press Club in Ustad Muhammad, DC Chowk, Tehsil Road, Subhatpur, Mondra Chowk Hub in Lasbela, Bachakhan Chowk in Loralai, Zhob Road, Chamrok Chowk in Khuddar, Press Club at Jhal Magsi, PTI Office Girls College Road at Barkhan, PTI Office Khaksar Chowk at Pashin, PTI District Office, Qureshi Chowk and Musa Khel, Shirani.
Moreover, screens were set up for the address in Qila Saifullah at Tehsil Chowk, Muslim Bagh Bazar as well.
‘Threats of imposing martial law unconstitutional’
Meanwhile, former prime minister Imran Khan on Wednesday said the threats of martial law are unconstitutional and added that the days of invoking martial law are over now.
In an interview with DW Urdu, Imran Khan termed threats of imposition of martial law in Pakistan unconstitutional.
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Khan said that if the Supreme Court’s decision is not accepted, it means that the law in Pakistan is over and we are moving toward the law of the jungle?
The PTI chairman said that if the elected government did not have the authority and that authority was elsewhere then no administrative system could work.
Khan said that the economy would not be able to recover without political stability through elections. The ruling coalition was seeing their defeat in elections.
PTI chairman and former prime minister Imran Khan also added that Pakistan would have to undergo surgery to recover and ‘big’ decisions are the need of the hour. “The mandate for ‘big’ decisions will only come through elections.”
Earlier on Tuesday evening, the former premier said that the Sharif family would not accept an independent judiciary.
While addressing PTI workers and supporters via video link, Khan said that the rulers think that PTI would be weakened by October and later they will go for elections. He added that PTI would never weaken in October.
‘Imran Khan makes it to Time’s cover’
Meanwhile, the latest edition of Time magazine features a cover story on former prime minister Imran Khan, titled “The Astonishing Saga of Imran Khan.” The article has gained attention of PTI leaders, including former information minister Fawad Chaudhry who shared it on his Twitter account along with a picture of the title page.
The article, like many Western magazines, offers a mix of praise and criticism while analyzing the current political situation in Pakistan and projecting its future, as well as that of Mr. Khan. Time magazine conducted a Zoom interview with Mr. Khan, from which they quoted throughout the article to highlight his achievements and failures, and to support their projections, both positive and negative, for Pakistan and Mr. Khan.
However, Mr. Khan’s supporters expressed dissatisfaction with the article’s approach and criticized the magazine and its author, Charles Campbell. PTI supporter Maaz Ud Din stated on Twitter that the commentary “does not go beyond the West’s binary, myopic, and fallacious view of the Muslim world” and called it a “pathetic Orientalism.”
Another PTI supporter, Bia Agha, accused the article of employing “the orientalist art of obfuscating facts and hiding disdain under a cloak of objectivity.”
