ISLAMABAD: Pakistan‘s interior minister Rana Sanaullah on Tuesday said that Imran Khan will be tried in a military court as the former PM was the “architect” of the May 9 incidents in which military and state installations were attacked by his party workers following his arrest in a corruption case.
Appearing on a Dawn News programme, Sanaullah also accused the 70-year-old PTI party chief of personally carrying out the planning of the attacks on military installations before his arrest on the day. There was evidence to prove the claim as well, the minister added.
When asked if Imran would be tried in the military court, he said: “Absolutely, why shouldn’t it? The programme that he made to target the military installations and then had it executed, in my understanding it absolutely is a case of a military court.” The minister accused Imran of personally orchestrating the May 9 riots. “His supporters chanted a slogan that ‘Imran Khan is our red line’, and the planning and preparation were done on Imran’s initiative and instigation. He carried it all out. He is the architect of this discord,” he said. “(The evidence) is documented, it is in tweets and his messages.”
Meanwhile, Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday hinted his government was unwilling to talk with Imran’s PTI party, saying the “anarchists and arsonists” do not qualify for a dialogue. The former cricketer has said he is ready to speak to “anyone who is in power” after a crackdown on PTI following the May 9 riots. But, Sharif, in a tweet, said those who attack the symbols of the state should be held to account for their militant actions. “The anarchists and arsonists who wear the garb of politicians and attack the symbols of the state do not qualify for a dialogue.” pti
Appearing on a Dawn News programme, Sanaullah also accused the 70-year-old PTI party chief of personally carrying out the planning of the attacks on military installations before his arrest on the day. There was evidence to prove the claim as well, the minister added.
When asked if Imran would be tried in the military court, he said: “Absolutely, why shouldn’t it? The programme that he made to target the military installations and then had it executed, in my understanding it absolutely is a case of a military court.” The minister accused Imran of personally orchestrating the May 9 riots. “His supporters chanted a slogan that ‘Imran Khan is our red line’, and the planning and preparation were done on Imran’s initiative and instigation. He carried it all out. He is the architect of this discord,” he said. “(The evidence) is documented, it is in tweets and his messages.”
Meanwhile, Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday hinted his government was unwilling to talk with Imran’s PTI party, saying the “anarchists and arsonists” do not qualify for a dialogue. The former cricketer has said he is ready to speak to “anyone who is in power” after a crackdown on PTI following the May 9 riots. But, Sharif, in a tweet, said those who attack the symbols of the state should be held to account for their militant actions. “The anarchists and arsonists who wear the garb of politicians and attack the symbols of the state do not qualify for a dialogue.” pti
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