SC moved for dissolution of PTI
A general view of the Supreme Court of Pakistan building at the evening hours, in Islamabad, Pakistan April 7, 2022. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro
A senior leader of the Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party (IPP) filed a constitutional petition in the Supreme Court on Thursday, requesting the apex court to dissolve the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).
The petitioner, Awn Chaudhry, contended that the PTI chairman was involved in attacks on state institutions, the judiciary, the military and its installations, and violated basic human rights and the Constitution.
The petition makes the PTI chairman and the party president as respondents. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Defence Minister Khawaja Asif, and the ministries of law and interior and others are also made respondents in the case.
“The acts of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, its Chairman, office-bearers, their hate speeches attacking the judiciary, defence, burning and looting public assets, etc are totally unconstitutional…,” stated the petition.
It also mentioned the events of May 9, saying that PTI supporters hatched a conspiracy against the state institutions, burning the Corps Commander’s house, and looting state properties all over the country.
The petitioner added that the PTI chief and his party destroyed the fabric of the society by attacking the institutions and making hate speeches against the integrity and dignity of the country and its institutions.
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He further contended that the concept of democracy and parliamentary form of government had been incorporated in the Election Act, but the PTI seriously violated that concept and the Act.
“It is imperative that in terms of Article 212 of the Election Act, 2017, Tehreek-e- Insaf (Respondent No.4) should be dissolved as this party has been formed and is operating in a manner which is prejudicial to the sovereignty and integrity of Pakistan,” it added.
The petition also attached the copy of a letter written by Defence Minister Khawaja Asif to Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial pertaining to the PTI chief’s “shocking statements containing serious allegations leveled against senior most officials of the Armed Forces”.