- Ministry of Inside submits reaction to SC in Khan’s contempt case.
- Inside ministry rejects Khan’s declare of being ignorant of orders.
- “Factual assertions made by way of [Khan] are factually fallacious,” it says.
The Ministry of Inside Thursday knowledgeable the Perfect Courtroom of Pakistan that PTI Chairman Imran Khan’s reaction within the contempt case used to be “factually fallacious and wholly misguided”.
A five-member SC bench — headed by way of Leader Justice of Pakistan Umar Ata Bandial and comprising Justice Ijaz ul Ahsan, Justice Munib Akhtar, Justice Yahya Afridi and Justice Sayyed Mazahar Ali Akbar Naqvi — is listening to the contempt case.
The federal government had filed a plea in opposition to Khan for violating the SC’s order all through the lengthy march in Would possibly, by which the courtroom limited him from maintaining the protests between the H-9 and G-9 spaces of Islamabad.
When the SC sought Khan’s reaction, he informed the apex courtroom that he used to be unaware of any “observation or enterprise” given by way of his birthday celebration management on his behalf associated with the Would possibly 25 march.
The inner ministry submitted an previous document announcing that the PTI leader knew concerning the courtroom’s orders, however in a brand new submission, it has equipped detailed proof to again its declare.
In the most recent reaction, the Ministry of Inside has equipped tweets, video messages, and speak to information to the Perfect Courtroom, appearing that the PTI leader and his management have been well-aware of the orders.
“Factual assertions made by way of [Khan] are factually fallacious and wholly misguided,” the ministry mentioned because it submitted reside movies, video messages, reside calls, reside feeds on social media, tweets and so on, from the legitimate social media accounts of PTI senior management.
The ministry mentioned thru its proof, “it’s obtrusive that false and fallacious statements” were made ahead of the courtroom by way of Khan as he and his birthday celebration “willfully, deliberately and in contemptuous forget of the order, engaged in urging and main the supporters and staff to achieve D Chowk, inter alia, inflicting lack of assets and violating basic rights of the general public at massive”.
It additional added that the PTI leader has confident the apex courtroom of following its orders in letter and spirit, on the other hand, the acts of the previous top minister point out another way.
The ministry mentioned that the PTI submitted an software to on Would possibly 23 hang a jalsa on Would possibly 25, however the district management rejected the appliance. It added that in spite of no longer having permission, the PTI nonetheless marched on.
In view of PTI’s forget for the orders, the ministry steered the apex courtroom to start up contempt complaints in opposition to the previous top minister.
The case
On October 13, the government filed a contempt of courtroom plea in opposition to PTI Chairman Imran Khan within the Perfect Courtroom over his lengthy march name to Islamabad.
In its petition, the government informed the apex courtroom that the PTI leader is making bulletins of marching in opposition to Islamabad, which used to be a contravention of a courtroom order.
“Imran Khan is making bulletins to assault Islamabad,” says the plea. It steered the highest courtroom to direct the PTI leader to verify the implementation of its orders associated with protests and sit-ins.
The petition has been filed by way of the internal ministry on behalf of the government.