The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) core committee has called the recent press conference by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) director general “unconstitutional and illegal,” Pakistan-based Pakistani media reported. PTI core committee said security agencies should stop the “absurd tradition of interfering in politics”.
According to PTI central media department’s official announcement, the PTI’s top leadership “unanimously rebuffed” the ISPR DG’s demand for an apology. It said that “propaganda” was being conducted against the PTI under the guise of a “false flag operation” on May 9, 2023.
The PTI condemned the government’s action against what it termed “nationwide peaceful protests” against the “May 9 false flag operation” on Thursday, according to Pakistani media report. Imran Khan-founded party alleged state oppression and fascism was being used to “usurp people’s basic political right to protest.”
The party’s committee criticized the ongoing “politics of revenge” and what it termed “attempts to crush and dismantle” PTI under “the guise of the May 9 false flag operation” and stressed that such actions should be stopped.
They also condemned the alleged interference by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) in the nominations of election tribunal judges by the Lahore High Court chief justice and called it “criminal and totally unacceptable.” While addressing a news conference on Friday, PTI Secretary General Omar Ayub Khan slammed Punjab police action against “peaceful” protesters of his party on May 9, 2024.
Khan said that the “fascist and mandate-less governments in the Centre and Punjab” were standing on crutches and their days were numbered, Pakistani media reported. He said the rule of law gets eroded when intelligence agencies meddle in political and judicial affairs.
Last week, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) demanded an independent inquiry after Pakistan’s former caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Hanif Abbasi got into a heated exchange, Pakistan national media reported.
A PTI spokesperson said the heated exchange between the two leaders served as an insight to expose the alleged stealing of its electoral malfeasance, according to the report. After the exchange of words between Kakar and Abbasi, PTI demanded a judicial commission to hold accountable those involved in the wheat import scheme and electoral manipulation.
The spokesperson demanded a thorough investigation to uncover the truth behind the alleged manipulation of election results and the fabrication of Form-47. PTI’s statement came after reports detailed a tense confrontation between Kakar and Abbasi.
During the heated exchange, Kakar purportedly issued a warning, suggesting that revealing certain information about Form-47 could leave the party nowhere to hide, according to Pakistan national media report. Tensions between the two leaders started over the wheat scandal during a meeting at a private hotel, Pakistan national media reported, citing the sources familiar with the matter. Abbasi allegedly faced criticism for blaming Kakar’s tenure as Pakistan’s Caretaker PM for a wheat scam during a television interview.
