Imran Khan to start murder case against PM Nawaz if army or police open fire at PTI workers

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chairperson Imran Khan. PHOTO: INP

KOHAT: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairperson Imran Khan told Express News that he will start a murder case against Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif if army or police open fire at his party workers during the August 14 rally.

PTI is planning to hold a ‘tsunami march’ against alleged rigging in the May 11 general elections last year at D-Chowk in Islamabad.

The PTI chief also said that Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has contacted him and told him that he was ready to meet PTI’s demands.

PTI has demanded that the government should tell the nation the following:

1) Who scripted the victory speech of Nawaz Sharif on May 11, 2013;
2) What was the role of caretaker Punjab chief minister Najam Sethi;
3) What was the role of the then-chief justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry;
4) And lastly why returning officers were not present under the Election Commission of Pakistan.

Imran remarked that the army should not support the government and should stay neutral.
He also said that he can make Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) chief Tahirul Qadri join him but he does not agree with Qadri’s ‘revolution’ agenda.

The PTI chief stated that his party’s doors are always open for Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, adding that he is the only one in Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) who is not a “darbari“.

Imran further stated that he will challenge the imposition of Article 245 in Islamabad in the Supreme Court. Article 245

The article which deals with the functions of the armed forces states:
(1) The armed forces shall, under the directions of the federal government, defend Pakistan against external aggression or threat of war, and, subject to law, act in aid of civil power when called upon to do so.
(2) The validity of any direction issued by the federal government under Clause (1) shall not be called into question in any court.
(3) A high court shall not exercise any jurisdiction under Article 199 in relation to any area in which the armed forces of Pakistan are, for the time being, acting in aid of civil power in pursuance of Article 245: Provided that this clause shall not be deemed to affect the jurisdiction of the high court in respect of any proceeding pending immediately before the day on which the armed forces start acting in aid of civil power.
(4) Any proceedings in relation to an area referred to in Clause
(3) instituted on or after the day the armed forces start acting in aid of civil power and pending in any high court shall remain suspended for the period during which the armed forces are so acting. The Express Tribune