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Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah on Sunday said the government was holding legal consultations on whether to file a separate case against PTI Chairman Imran Khan for his “provocative speech” a day ago or nominate him in a previous case.
In a press conference in Islamabad, the minister called out Imran for allegedly threatening institutions and preventing officers from performing their lawful duties.
Key developments so far
- Interior minister says case against Imran under consideration for yesterday’s speech
- Says torture claims against Gill seek to divert attention from his ‘anti-state remarks’
- Imran had warned that cases would be filed against judge and police officers
- Islamabad Police says anyone passing’threats’ will face legal action
- Marriyum says ‘foreign agent’ Imran wants ‘civil war’
- Fawad questions govt’s ‘fear’ of investigating torture claims
“This is all happening in continuation — from a campaign after Lasbela incident when six army officers were martyred followed by Gill’s attempt to incite army ranks to go against their top command and then Imran threatening a woman judge and police officials for performing their duties as per the law,” the minister explained.
Imran claimed in a rally that the Islamabad police was taking orders for action against his party leaders from “someone”.
“When I asked the police to tell me what did you do to Shahbaz Gill, they said ‘we did nothing, we got a boot from behind to follow orders’,” he told the rally participants on...
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