Pak government mulling sedition charges against ex-PM Imran Khan, others
India Today
The Shehbaz Sharif-government in Pakistan is mulling lodging a sedition case against ex-PM Imran Khan and others for allegedly planning an "attack" on the federation during a protest in Islamabad last month.
The Pakistan government is planning to lodge a sedition case against former prime minister Imran Khan and the chief ministers of Gilgit-Baltistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for allegedly planning an "attack" on the federation during a protest in Islamabad last month.
A meeting of the special committee of the Cabinet held under the chairmanship of Interior Minister Rana Sana Ullah Khan on Thursday deliberated on the issue of bringing sedition charges against Khan and others following their "Azadi March" that left a trail of destruction in the capital Islamabad.
The May 25 march aimed at forcing the government to call snap polls, but failed to achieve its objective as clashes erupted between protestors and police.
The government has been mulling options for appropriate action against Khan and others for vandalising the property of the state.
Also Read: | Don't dare to talk about division of Pakistan: PM Shehbaz Sharif warns Imran Khan
The committee was briefed about the PTI’s long march and its formal plan to attack the federation, according to a report by the state-run Associated Press of Pakistan (APP).
“The cabinet committee deliberated to file a sedition case under Section 124A of the Criminal Procedure Code against (PTI Chairman Imran Khan Niazi and Chief Ministers of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Mehmood Khan, and Gilgit-Baltistan Khalid Khursheed," said the report.
