LAHORE: PTI Chairman and former Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday urged Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial to launch a complete investigation into “continuing threats” to his life and the “attack” on his Zaman Park house. In a letter to the country’s top judge, dated March 20, the former prime minister claimed that the events of Saturday — when his house was raided by the Police while he was at Islamabad Judicial Complex for his court hearing in the Toshakhana case — were evidence that a plan was afoot to “kill” him yet again. PTI chief Imran Khan, in his letter, said that he had been constantly pleading for video link facility from courts for several court appearances as his “life is at risk”.
Earlier, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman and former prime minister Imran Khan claimed that a plan was hatched to assassinate him inside the Judicial Complex.
Addressing a speech via video link, the former prime minister claimed, “If I went inside the Judicial Complex, these people could assassinate me. My companions had signalled me to depart. The objective of the 20 people present in the Judicial Complex was to assassinate me. Our lawyers were subjected to torture inside the Judicial Complex”.
Imran Khan urged the Chief Justice to investigate the “20 people presented in the Judicial Complex”. He also appealed to the Chief Justice to hold hearings of cases against him via video link, requesting that the Chief Justice see what was happening in the country.
The country’s history did not witness such brutality as it did in the incumbent government’s tenure, lamented Imran Khan.
Khan took a dig at the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), saying the opponents will not win elections at any cost.
Imran Khan says govt tries to incite PTI workers
“These people want my assassination. By shelling the toll plaza, efforts were made to incite the PTI workers. I have mentioned many times that I am facing a threat to my life. So why have I been summoned persistently” Imran Khan bashes his political opponents.
He claimed, “If I am sent to jail, these people will assassinate me there as well.”
Continuing to take a dig at the rulers, Imran Khan claimed, “They are resorting to tactics against me for their own sake. These people are not interested in holding elections. But they are in power to assassinate me”.
On Sunday, Imran Khan Sunday demanded the release of PTI workers and their children arrested during the police operation and raids on the homes of PTI workers in Islamabad.
In his post on Twitter, Imran Khan said: “Fascism at unprecedented high levels with police in Islamabad raiding houses without warrants to kidnap PTI workers. Where the PTI worker is not present, children as young as 10 years are picked up.”
The PTI Chairman demanded the immediate release of all workers of PTI and their children who the police had abducted.
