\u2022 Calls off demonstration after registrar assures early hearing of cases
\u2022 KP CM Afridi voices concern over reports about ex-PM\u2019s health
\u2022 Urges treatment under supervision of personal physicians<\/p>\n\n\n\n
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehre\u00adek-i-Insaf (PTI) on Tuesday staged a protest outside the Supreme Court over the health of incarcerated former prime minister Imran Khan and delays in his\u00a0pending cases, but it called off the demonstration after the court registrar assured party leaders that the cases would be fixed for hearing next week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The party approached the Supreme Court registrar seeking early hearings of Imran\u2019s cases and access for his family members and personal doctors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi, who joined the protest outside the apex court, expressed serious concern over reports regarding Imran\u2019s health, saying the nation had grave reservations about his wellbeing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe neither politicise Imran Khan\u2019s health, nor has Imran Khan ever raised the issue of his health with the objective of seeking any form of relief,\u201d the chief minister said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt is therefore imperative that his health is treated with the seriousness it warrants and that, with the necessary moral courage, the demand for his treatment under the supervision of his personal physicians, in the presence of his family, is accepted,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Speaking to the media, Afridi said that during his tenure as prime minister, Imran had permitted Nawaz Sharif to travel abroad for medical treatment despite questions having been raised about the authenticity of medical certificates submitted in his case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cImran Khan was aware of those concerns, yet he acted in accordance with the principles of humanity and compassion and allowed Nawaz Sharif to travel abroad for medical treatment,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cToday, Imran Khan himself is being denied fundamental human rights and access to justice. This is deeply concerning and completely unacceptable,\u201d Afridi added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He claimed that Imran had been imprisoned in fabricated cases, while his political opponents were themselves involved in corruption and misuse of public resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThey engaged in corruption, acquired properties and assets abroad, and looted the wealth of the country and its people,\u201d he alleged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The chief minister said those responsible for what he termed injustice should remember that \u201cno one can escape justice\u201d and everyone would ultimately have to answer for their actions. He said the country\u2019s justice system was facing a severe test of its institutional integrity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIf even one judge takes a principled stand for justice, it will give other judges the courage and confidence to do the same,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe people are looking to the judiciary with hope. If judges do not deliver justice, and do not perform the very duties for which they draw their salaries, then where will the people turn in their pursuit of justice?\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Afridi said he was witnessing \u201ca spark of revolution\u201d in the eyes of the country\u2019s youth which, if allowed to intensify, would become increasingly difficult to contain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He warned that if what he described as oppression and injustice continued and public resentment deepened, circumstances could reach a point where even an appeal from Imran might no longer be sufficient to restore goodwill among the people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe rulers and decision-makers must understand the gravity of the situation, open their eyes before Sept 27 and steer the country towards justice, constitutional supremacy and the rule of law. Otherwise, the situation could become increasingly difficult to manage,\u201d he cautioned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hearings assured<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n PTI Secretary General Salman Akram Raja said the party had approached the Supreme Court registrar seeking early hearings of cases involving Imran and permission for his sisters and personal doctors to meet him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Speaking to the media after meeting the registrar, Raja said the party had requested that Imran\u2019s pending cases be fixed for hearing without delay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe have been assured that all the cases will be fixed for hearing next week and the cause list will be issued,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Raja said the party would raise the matter before the court next week and expressed hope that relief would be granted to Imran and his wife, Bushra Bibi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Following the meeting with the registrar, Raja announced an end to the protest outside the Supreme Court. He said the party would return to the streets on Thursday (tomorrow) for \u201ctrue freedom\u201d and appealed to the public to join the protest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u2022 Calls off demonstration after registrar assures early hearing of cases\u2022 KP CM Afridi voices concern over reports about ex-PM\u2019s health\u2022 Urges treatment under supervision of personal physicians ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehre\u00adek-i-Insaf (PTI) on Tuesday staged a protest outside the Supreme Court over the health of incarcerated former prime minister Imran Khan and delays in his\u00a0pending […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7854,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-policy-governance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanaffairs.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7853","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanaffairs.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanaffairs.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanaffairs.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanaffairs.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7853"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanaffairs.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7853\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7855,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanaffairs.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7853\/revisions\/7855"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanaffairs.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanaffairs.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanaffairs.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanaffairs.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}