Organizing a “peaceful” sit-in outside the Supreme Court in Islamabad on May 15 (Monday) to protest Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial for “facilitating” and providing “VIP protocol” to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan was announced on Friday by the ruling Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM).
PDM leader Maulana Fazlur Rahman charged in a frank press conference that the PTI chairman’s interests had put the country’s Constitution, laws, and everything else in jeopardy. Rehman responded, “This issue is no longer ours,” when Fazal questioned him about the implementation of Section 144 in Islamabad, the presence of the military, and approval for the protest. We’ve done a lot more than that.
“I while representing PDM leadership appeal to the whole nation … whole nation should head out for Islamabad on Monday. A big protest will be carried out in front of Supreme Court.”
JUI-F chief Fazlur Rehman has said: “There is hooliganism and terrorism being carried out in the whole country and the court is protecting that terrorism.
Fazlur Rehman has criticised the judiciary for the Islamabad High Court granting protective bail to PTI Chairman Imran Khan.
He said: “You can yourself imagine that where our judiciary is standing and how it is giving decisions against the law and the Constitution.”
The ruling alliance of 13 political parties, however, largely criticised the CJP for welcoming Khan into the courtroom.
The PDM chief warned that the protest would be peaceful, but if anyone tried to raise their hands on them, they would retaliate with sticks, rods, and slaps.
He stated that the Supreme Court would be taught about its role of being the “mother of law” and not the “mother-in-law”. He also said that PDM still considered the decision of 4-3 valid in the Punjab election case.
PDM chief said that the PDM was a political platform and that they would try everything make the Supreme Court realize its biases. He used a phrase to emphasise this point, saying, “If the ‘ghee’ does not come out from the box with a straight finger, it will be removed with a crooked finger.”
Maulana made the announcement after an emergency meeting of the PDM, which was attended by various political leaders, including Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, and PML-N chief organizer Maryam Nawaz, who participated via video link.
