ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has approved a federal government’s contempt plea against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman and Former prime Minister Imran Khan after he announced to march on the federal capital if the government failed to announce a date for early elections.
Sources said that a five-member larger Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice Umar Ata Banidal would hear the government plea on Thursday.
The federal government has filed a contempt plea in the Supreme Court, asking the top court to stop Khan from marching on the federal capital in the name of “jihad” and “Azadi March”, which could create the law-and-order situation and cause inconvenience to the residents of Islamabad and Rawalpindi.
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The plea filed by the interior ministry also said that the PTI’s planned march was PTI being held in violation of the Supreme Court’s verdict of May 25 on a petition of the Islamabad High Court Bar Association.
The interior ministry said that the former premier has also thrashed out a plot to topple the federal government through the long march and saboteur activities “which tantamount to an act of sedition.”
The interior ministry has contended that Imran Khan continues to hurl threats to topple the government by storming Islamabad along with PTI supporters and workers.
The ministry has requested the Supreme Court to initiate contempt proceedings against Imran Khan under Article 204 of the Constitution for disobeying the verdict of the apex court announced on 25, 2022.
It further said that Khan’s prior actions, particularly the past long march of May 25, warrant strong instructions from the apex court to stop his upcoming protest march, which could cause damage to both public and private property, create the law and order and affect lives of the citizens of the twin cities.
