Government coalition under the leadership of Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Monday hinted at banning the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).The PMLN-led coalition government has claimed that PTI has become a terrorist outfit after its involvement in alleged attacks on state institutions, including the judiciary, army, police and other law-enforcement agencies.
Following the meeting Prime Minister also took to twitter strongly condemning a social media campaign being run from abroad against the current Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen Asim Munir saying :
The PM further asked the overseas Pakistanis not to be a part of this “sinister agenda” against COAS & the state institutions. Addressing the Overseas Pakistanis, PM stressed that the “overseas patriotic Pakistanis should raise their voice against the foreign-funded campaign,” and cautioned them against the “poisonous politics” in which they were being used as pawns.
PMLN led coalition government also condemned the attacks carried on police and Rangers out they claimed were on the orders of PTI Chairman Imran Khan. They continued that the LEAs were merely implementing court orders as they carried out the operation at Imran’s Zaman Park residence in Lahore while Imran was enroute with his supporters to a court in Islamabad past Saturday.
An official statement following the coalition meeting said that a joint session of parliament had been called on March 22 (tomorrow) for taking important decisions to ensure the writ of the state.
The meeting decided that legal action would be taken against those running a dirty campaign from abroad against the martyrs of Lasbela last August. They said that this behaviour was unacceptable in any society and “this is not freedom of speech”.
The alliance leaders also expressed concerns over the treatment meted out to the PTI chairman by the courts, saying: “The treatment of Imran Khan and his colleagues is deepening the impression that the scales of justice are not equal”. The official statement declared that “two standards of justice in one country are not acceptable”.
