Responding to critics targeting his party for planning and carrying out the May 9, 2023 riots, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Secretary General Omar Ayub Khan called the incident a “conspiracy against party founder Imran Khan”.
He went on to say that the jailed PTI founder assured the people not to compromise on the supremacy of the Constitution and the law. “The constitution also restricts the armed forces from engaging in political affairs,” the politician said.
The opposition leader in the National Assembly Ayub condemned the registration of several cases against senior PTI leaders and said the former Speaker of the National Assembly Asad Qaiser was booked in connection with the theft of an X-ray machine, which he faced with other party leaders. . except theft of old motorcycles, murders, kidnappings and terrorist incidents.
NA opposition leaders say they have gone through the sea of fire to advance the political struggle of the former ruling party.
He also said that filing hundreds of cases against senior PTI leaders was part of the “London Plan”.
Outgoing former Prime Minister Khan claimed that the “London Plan” had been in place for at least 10 years to withdraw from national politics through sedition laws.
Ahead of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s visit this month, a senior PTI leader said the party “welcomes our brothers in Saudi Arabia and also encourages foreign investment in the country”.
Speaking at the same event, PTI Chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan said, “Social movements are gaining momentum when martial law is imposed and the Constitution is suspended.” He claimed that the Constitution was practically destroyed in the country.
He categorically rejected the notion that Imran’s party was involved in a conspiracy against the country. He said such allegations against PTI are tantamount to misleading the public.
Gohar, on behalf of his party, opposed the increase in the retirement age of judges. He said there is room for constitutional amendments, but his party will oppose any move to raise or lower the retirement age of judges.
A day earlier, Imran’s co-founded party reiterated its desire for a judicial inquiry into the May 9 violence, ahead of the anniversary of the country’s unprecedented violent protests.
The May 9 incident was part of the violent protests that erupted last year after former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s corruption-related arrest from the Islamabad High Court (IHC).
During the protest, PTI supporters allegedly damaged public and private properties and attacked military installations in different parts of the country.
