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Pak court stops ‘Freedom rallies’
The court issued a short order restraining both the parties from holding an \'unconstitutional\' protest march and sit-in in Islamabad.
Islamabad: Pak court stops Imran Khan, Qadri’s protest rallies
Lahore: A three-member bench of Lahore High Court (LHC) headed by Justice Khalid Mahmood Khan on Wednesday stopped Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chairman Imran Khan and Pakistan Awami Tahreek chief Dr Tahirul Qadri from holding protest march and sit-in in federal capital in "an unconstitutional way".
The court issued a short order restraining both the parties from holding an 'unconstitutional' protest march and sit-in in Islamabad.
Tehreek-i-Insaf representative advocate Ahmed Awais told reporters that the party was not going to hold an 'unconstitutional' protest march. "Our march is within the ambit of the constitution of Pakistan. Therefore, it is on the respected judge to interpret about the unconstitutional protest march," he said. After the court's verdict, Imran Khan told a news channel that his party would hold the Azadi March come what may.
"Our march is constitutional. The government's act to put containers to stop us from going to Islamabad is unconstitutional," Khan said.
The LHC also directed the PML-N government to remove containers from the roads of the Punjab province. Some political circles had already expressed their concern on the judiciary's 'unnecessary' intervention to defuse the ongoing political crisis. The LHC bench had directed the Nawaz-government to initiate dialogue with the protesting parties.
