[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text dp_text_size=”size-4″]Imran Khan, the leader of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and a former prime minister, welcomed the Supreme Court’s (SC) decision in a suo motu notice regarding the delay in the announcement of elections in Punjab and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa by announcing that his party was suspending its “Jail Bharo” movement (K-P).
Since February 22, numerous PTI leaders and employees have called for arrests as part of the party’s “Jail Bharo” movement, which aimed to express displeasure with the administration’s policies and to put pressure on it to call elections.
Earlier this morning, the apex court announced its verdict after two-day-long proceedings in the case regarding the delay in the announcement of the date of the provincial elections in Punjab and K-P.
The SC has ordered that elections in both assemblies should be held in the next 90 days with the chief justice saying that “democracy cannot exist without assemblies”.
Speaking outside the court, PTI leader Fawad Chaudhry hailed the verdict as a “victory for the constitution of Pakistan” which was seconded by AML chief Sheikh Rashid as a “victory for Imran Khan”.
Welcoming the judgment, Imran said that “it was the responsibility of the SC to uphold the constitution and they have valiantly done that through their judgment today”.
“It is an assertion of rule and law in Pakistan,” said the PTI chief as he announced the party would now proceed with election campaigns and that the drive to court arrests stood suspended.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
