Government decides to file cases against Ali Amin Gandapur, Bushra Bibi
Prime Minister (PM) Shahbaz Sharif's government has decided to tighten the noise around founder of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan’s party leaders by filing cases against them.
Shahbaz Sharif chaired a high-level meeting on Friday in which it was decided that cases would be lodged against Chief Minister (CM) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Ali Amin Gandapur, and founder PTI Imran Khan’s spouse, Bushra Bibi; both were leading the recent protest march towards the federal capital in which multiple people were killed, including four law-enforcing officers.
“This is not a political party [PTI] but a fitna [mischief] and a group of terrorists,” Shahbaz Sharif said.
Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Syed Asim Munir, Punjab's Chief Minister (CM) Maryam Nawaz, federal ministers and other security officials attended the meeting.
After a “final call” given by incarcerated Imran Khan, CM KP Ali Amin Gandapur and former First Lady led a convoy from Peshawar to Islamabad, which started on November 24 and ended on November 26 night after security forces cracked down on the demonstrators.
On Tuesday (November 26) night, grand operations were initiated to disperse the opposition's biggest party protestors, in which multiple casualties were reported and hundreds of protestors were wounded.
Attendees of the meeting told Dawn News that it was also decided in a top-level meeting to register cases against the PTI leaders and workers who were allegedly involved in the killing of security officials during the recent protest march.
A press release issued by the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) noted, “Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif established a task force under the chairmanship of Interior Minister Syed Mohsin Naqvi to identify the people involved in spreading chaos and violence in Islamabad earlier this week and take strict action against them.”
Federal Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar, Economic Affairs Minister Ahad Cheema, Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Attaullah Tarar and officials of security departments will also be members of the task force.
Furthermore, it was also decided to modernise the federal capital Safe City project along with strengthening the federal prosecution service. It has been observed that the quality of the project is so poor that its cameras cannot recognise people, particularly at night and when travelling in vehicles.
Previously, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Rana Muhammad Fayyaz submitted a resolution in the Punjab Assembly secretariat seeking a ban on arch-rivals PTI.
The resolution demands stringent action against former PM Imran Khan’s PTI, labelling the party a "disruptive group" operating under the guise of a political party, and calls for those responsible for the November 24 protests to be brought to justice.