Govt behind threat letters to judges: PTI

Party forms its apex committee


Rizwan Shehzad April 05, 2024
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ISLAMABAD:

The PTI on Friday alleged that the delivery of threatening letters laced with a toxic powdery substance to judges was a government’s conspiracy to harass them.

The party has demanded an immediate and thorough investigation into the letters sent to judges so that the elements attacking them were brought to justice at the earliest.

A PTI spokesperson made it clear that the party stood firmly with the judiciary and would not tolerate any attempt to attack the institution or coerce the judges.

Read more: LHC’s Justice Najafi becomes latest target of ‘toxic letter’

The letters were sent after the top court initiated suo motu proceedings in response to allegations made by six Islamabad High Court judges against intelligence agencies.

Separately, the PTI has formed its apex committee for making important decisions of the party.

Read: PTI wants a full-court on letter controversy

The body has been constituted on the instructions of PTI founding chairman and former premier Imran Khan.

The 10-member committee includes PTI Chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur, Hammad Azhar, Khalid Khurshid, Hafiz Farhat, leader of the opposition in the National Assembly Omar Ayub, Shibli Faraz and ex-speaker of the lower house of parliament Asad Qaiser.

Sources said the PTI was considering other names for the vacant slots of the body.

They added that the formation of the apex committee would be announced through a notification.
 

COMMENTS (7)

Yazeed khan | 8 months ago | Reply Wrshvjfh
Ayesha Sadozai | 8 months ago | Reply What a childish and malicious statement by the PTI at this perilous time when all parties government and opposition need to stand together against external enemies on all sides. Why would the government want to disturb peace and law and order and publicise such a failure Is it possibly the PTI and some of its new and dubious allies who are deliberately stirring up trouble in this sinister way
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