Imran Khan approaches United Nations expert over 26th constitutional amendments

Founder of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan has approached the United Nations (UN) Special Representative on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers against the incumbent government’s proposed constitutional amendments.

According to the United Kingdom (UK) website, which offers legal assistance, former Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan has filed an urgent appeal to the UN Special Rapporteur through Edward Fitzgerald KC, Tatyana Eatwell and Jennifer Robinson.

Imran’s family advised Eatwell and Robinson to conduct UN engagement and international advocacy on his behalf.

The appeal voiced concerns that the incumbent government’s proposed twenty-sixth constitutional amendments would curb the independence of the judiciary, and the rule of law added that constitutional amendments would pose a serious threat to the fundamental rights of Imran Khan and his followers in Pakistan.

International counsel for Imran Khan and his family, Edward Fitzgerald KC, Tatyana Eatwell and Jennifer Robinson, stated, “The proposed amendments are clearly aimed at removing the jurisdiction and powers of the Supreme Court, at a time when the judiciary in Pakistan is already under threat. Judges have been threatened and coerced to deliver prescribed verdicts in controversial cases.”

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