In a major development in the ongoing Pakistan crisis, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur said on Saturday that if jailed party founder Imran Khan is not released, Tehreek-e-Insaf ( (PTI) warned that workers would take to the streets of Pakistan with guns.
Pakistan Crisis: The threat of a major civil war appears to be looming over Pakistan, with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur issuing an ominous warning on Saturday, as the Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Labor Party He said people would be armed and take to the streets. He will carry a gun if party founder Imran Khan, who is imprisoned and is scheduled to face a military trial, is not released.
Prime Minister Gandapur addressed a rally in Abbottabad, urging Imran Khan to withdraw his appeal for peace. “Imran Khan! For the sake of Allah, stop claiming peace. Next time we won’t talk about peace. When we (PTI supporters and workers) take to the streets with arms, who will run away? We will see,” the PTI leader said.
“Next time, the will will take to the streets without raising slogans of peace,” Gandapur said, while slamming Pakistan’s PML and N-led coalition government for trampling on human rights in the country and calling it fascist. He claimed that there was.
“Fascism has trampled on Pakistan’s constitution, laws, morals and humanity,” he asserted.
PTI leaders also criticized Information Minister Atta Tallah, Defense Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif and officials in the government led by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif for their “insensitive” statements on the Islamabad clashes.
Imran Khan threatens civil disobedience from December 16th
Gandapur’s threatening statement comes after imprisoned Pakistan’s former prime minister, Imran Khan, says that from December 16th, if the country’s government does not agree to his demands, including a judicial investigation into the November 26th protests, The announcement comes amid warnings that a civil disobedience campaign will begin.
Mr. Khan, who has been convicted and imprisoned in several cases, has contacted Omar Ayub Khan, Ali Amin Gandapur and Sahibzada Hamid Raza to negotiate the party’s demands with the authorities. A five-member negotiating committee was formed consisting of Mr. Salman Akram Raja, Mr. Asad Qaiser. .
Prominent demands put forward by the former ruling party include the release of all “political prisoners,” including Imran Khan, and the establishment of a judicial commission to investigate the events of May 9, 2023 and last month’s late-night crackdown. is included. Regarding PTI protesters.
Protests on November 12th
On November 26, the government launched a brutal late-night crackdown on protesters, killing at least 12 PTI workers and arresting more than 1,000 people. A much-publicized protest in Islamabad aimed at freeing Imran Khan had to be abruptly withdrawn. To the party.
Authorities refuted PTI’s charges, insisting that no live ammunition was used to quell the protests in which four security personnel, including three Pakistani rangers and a police officer, were killed.
