Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman and former prime minister Imran Khan has warned the government and “neutrals” that the human rights violations can take ugly turn if they did not mend their ways.
“I want to tell the ‘neutrals’ that free and fair elections are the only way forward as their strategy of threatening the public has badly failed and backfired,” the PTI chief said while addressing the nation via video link from his Zaman Park residence on Tuesday.
The former premier reiterated that the responsibility of implementing the rule of law in the country was now on the shoulders of the legal fraternity. “The government is hatching a conspiracy to divide the superior judiciary for its personal interests,” he maintained.
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Imran invited the lawyers of the country to participate in the Lawyers’ Convention being held in Lahore on Wednesday (today) as it was high time for the legal community to put their differences aside for the implementation of the rule of law in the country.
On the other day, he highlighted, Barrister Hassaan Niazi was arrested and a series of fake cases were registered against him in different provinces.
The imported government and its handlers had also abducted several social media activists to silence their voice, he said, adding that restrictions were being imposed on media to silent opposing voices.
“The legal fraternity is not being allowed to function for the implementation of rule of law in the country,” he added.
The former premier stressed that every Pakistani citizen had to raise his voice for the rule of law in the country otherwise the situation would further deteriorate and provision of justice would become a distant dream from common citizens and human rights violations would further increase.
The gross human rights violations witnessed in the last 11 months, Imran pointed out, were not witnessed in any democracy.
“Unprecedented inflation has been witnessed during this period as the imported rulers have no plan to rein in the economic chaos in the country. Their complete focus is to find an escape route from elections.”
The PTI chairman warned that the way the government and the establishment were trying to silent opposing voices and deteriorating economic situation had pushed the country towards a dangerous point.
Torture on political workers and common citizens was increasing hatred among the masses and this situation could go to the point where nobody would be able to handle the situation.
“I am trying my best to calm down my workers and supporters but it will not work for long,” he added.
Imran pointed out that when he appeared for hearing in the Islamabad court, the police and “unidentified” persons attacked his party workers to instigate violence. Same happened on the previous hearing.
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A journalist of a foreign TV channel had witnessed how the police and neutrals attacked peaceful workers of his party. Because neither the government nor the neutrals wanted to hold elections in the country. “We want free and fair elections to bring back political stability but the government and their handlers want to create unrest in the country,” he maintained.
Lamenting the government’s free wheat flour distribution campaign, the former premier pointed out that over eight precious lives were lost and dozens of citizens had been injured owing to this cheap publicity stunt of the incumbent rulers.
“During the Covid pandemic, the PTI government distributed Rs14,000 stipend to needy families in a transparent and dignified way, while the incumbent rulers are humiliating common citizens in long queues for flour distribution,” he highlighted.
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