[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text dp_text_size=”size-4″]LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan announced Thursday that rallies will be held in Islamabad, Lahore, Rawalpindi, and Peshawar on May 6 (Saturday) to show solidarity with Pakistan’s Supreme Court and to advocate for the supremacy of the Constitution.
“I would personally lead a rally in Lahore to convey to the Chief Justice that the people are with them,” the former Prime Minister said in a video message before departing for Islamabad to appear before the Islamabad High Court (IHC).
He urged public to express their solidarity with Chief Justice of Pakistan Umar Ata Bandial amid ongoing conflict between the judiciary and parliament over the holding of elections in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. “The people must come out of their houses for one hour on May 6 to foil the ‘mafias’ designs against the top judge; such elements were creating a divide among the Supreme Court’s judges,” he added.
Casting ridicule on the ruling coalition, he said it was attempting to avoid elections by violating the Pakistani Constitution and the Chief Justice, and that they were afraid of losing the elections because they had caused unemployment and inflation in the country, and that the people were angry. “Come out of your houses for the sake of your children’s future and the country, and tell the Chief Justice that the nation is standing by you,” he added.
Concerning his appearance before the IHC, he stated that he was going to Islamabad on the court’s orders, despite having a swollen and painful leg; he wants to show that he respects the courts, unlike his opponents, who criticise the judges if rulings go against them.
He also claimed that ‘Dirty Harry’ (a senior army officer) had devised another plan to assassinate him, and that word was spreading that PTI leader and former federal minister Murad Saeed was under terrorist attack. “Everyone should be aware that if anything bad happens to us, ‘Dirty Harry’ is to blame.” “I have no threats from foreign intelligence agencies or terrorists; my only threat is ‘Dirty Harry,'” he claimed.
“I have already conveyed to the Lahore High Court that twice ‘Dirty Harry’ tried to kill him at Wazirabad and Islamabad Judicial Complex, and the same person sabotaged the Joint Investigation Team’s findings on the Wazirabad attack, as evidence was showing his involvement in the attack,” he added.
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