Imran has filed a petition with the IHC in response to the “incendiary” remarks made by the interior minister.
The PTI has asked the court to take into consideration Sana’s warning to take “any move” against the opposition party.
Imran Khan, the leader of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), filed a complaint against Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah at the Islamabad High Court on Monday for making “direct threats” against him and his party (IHC).
The minister stated that “the country’s politics have reached a stage where the presence of only one of the two [PTI and PML-N] is possible” in an interview with a private news channel on Saturday.
Sanaullah had also stated that the ruling party might take any measure against its main political challenger when it felt that its own survival was in jeopardy—without taking into account “what is illegal or undemocratic.”
Imran has asked the court to halt his arrest and stop the respondents from carrying out their “plans” in order to request the IHC’s intervention in the situation.
Interestingly, the federal government, IG Islamabad, and SSP operations have been included as respondents to the case in addition to Sanaullah.
PTI asks the courts for assistance
Courts should pay attention to Sanaullah’s comments, according to a statement from PTI Secretary General Asad Umar, who also stated that the party “had no intentions of jeopardizing his existence.”
He said that all cases against Sanaullah were based on information from the National Accountability Bureau and that “we did not manufacture any cases in government.”
At the same time, he bemoaned the PTI workers’ treatment, saying “500 PTI workers have been arrested in Islamabad alone.”
Shiekh Rashid, a former minister and the leader of the Awami Muslim League (AML), also denounced the interior minister’s comments.
Rashid asserted that “they usurped the state” and that Sanaullah “wants carnage in the country.”
