Imran Khan openly challenging court, state writ: Sherry Rehman           

ISLAMABAD: Imran Khan is challenging the state and court writs, according to Senator Sherry Rehman, federal minister for climate change, in order to avoid being arrested.

She questioned the authority of the State and the Court by asking which political party had ever protested in that manner. Senator Rehman questioned why the PTI leader couldn’t serve time in prison after her party’s leaders did so as the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has turned Lahore into a battleground.. Was that correct? Faryal Talpur was transported from the hospital to the jail at midnight in an armored car, she questioned. She continued by saying that her party’s leaders had welcomed each arrest with a smile, and no political party had ever engaged in conflict with another.

“You are throwing petrol bombs at the police, this is what terrorist organizations do. Imran Khan is fine for processions but he is sick to appear before the court,” Sherry Rehman said. Later in a series of tweets, the minister said Imran Khan was sending the message that he was exempt from the state, law and court. She added that Khan not only insulted the court but also flouted the court order but no judicial action was being taken against him. Violence by Imran Khan’s armed party workers on unarmed police was unforgivable, she said. “Yasmeen Rashid’s audio is evidence of Tehreek-e-Insaaf workers being armed and violent. Court should take strict notice of this. If the Pakistan Peoples Party had done this, then we would have been declared of being enemies of the country,” Sherry Rehman said. “Here, petrol bombs were dropped on the unarmed police, yet no action is being taken. History will remember Coward Khan threw petrol bombs on police to avoid arrest,” Sherry Rehman said. The court should protect its writ and that of the state, Sherry Rehman said.