Lahore: Pakistan’s ousted Prime Minister Imran Khan has requested the country’s chief justice to allow him to attend court proceedings through a video link in cases lodged against him, claiming that if he testifies physically So they can be killed. In a letter to Chief Justice of Pakistan Umar Atta Bandial on Monday, the troubled PTI chief also urged him to club the cases registered against him.
“Last Saturday a death trap was laid at the Federal Judicial Complex, Islamabad, where I was to attend a hearing in the Toshakhana Uphaar case. Some 20 namaloom afraad (unknown people) – a reference to men from intelligence agencies – were present. complex to kill me,” Khan said during an address to the nation on Monday.
They also played a video that showed the alleged suspects in plain clothes present in the judicial complex with plastic handcuffs.
Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) alleged that these men planned to strangle Khan with the rope they had seized. The PTI chief requested the CJP to probe how these 20 or so “unidentified persons” managed to enter the high-security area (judicial premises). “Actually, they were stationed there to kill me.”
Khan said, “If I continue to be exposed like this, it will not take them long to kill me.” Referring to social media trends in Pakistan against the army leadership, Khan said, “Attempts are being made to pit my party against the army and also the PMLN-led coalition government against the army against me and the PTI.” Trying my best to do.” ,
Clashes broke out between law-enforcement agencies and PTI workers during court appearances and attempts to arrest Imran Khan in Lahore and Islamabad last week.
Many PTI workers and policemen were injured in these clashes. Police arrested over 300 PTI workers from Lahore, Rawalpindi and Islamabad and charged them with terrorism.
The cricketer-turned-politician has also been booked in nearly 100 cases facing charges of terrorism, murder, blasphemy, attempt to murder and sedition. All these cases have been instituted against Khan during the last 11 months since the PMLN-led government came to power after ousting him through a no-confidence vote.