\u2022 Ex-PM, wife Bushra indicted in Toshakhana case over Bulgari jewellery
\n\u2022 PTI founder reiterates civil disobedience call; claims former spymaster was not acting on his own
\n\u2022 Lahore ATC indicts Qureshi, others in May 9 case<\/p>\n
ISLAMABAD: A day after his party leaders agreed to negotiate with the federal government if the offer was \u2018serious\u2019, former prime minister Imran Khan on Thursday criticised the PTI leadership for acting like \u2018all is well\u2019 and reiterated his call for civil disobedience if the government continued to ignore his demands.<\/p>\n
The PTI founder made these comments in a conversation with journalists after a court convened in Adiala jail indicted him and spouse Bushra Bibi in the Toshakhana case that pertained to Bulgari jewellery. This arraignment coincided with the indictment of his close aide Shah Mahmood Qureshi who, along with several party leaders, was charge-sheeted by an anti-terrorism court in the May 9 riots in Lahore.<\/p>\n
Mr Khan expressed disappointment over the lack of accountability and public acknowledgement of violence that occurred during the D-Chowk protests in the last week of November. The PTI had claimed that the government used live ammunition against its supporters that killed 12 people \u2014 a claim denied by the federal government.<\/p>\n
The former premier criticised the PTI leadership for not raising this issue forcefully in parliament while also expressing displeasure over statements of the party leaders which portrayed \u2018all is well\u2019. A day earlier, PTI interim chairman Gohar Ali Khan, while speaking in the National Assembly, said: \u201cEven if bullets have been fired, there should at least be the courage to give answers, show remorse, apologise, investigate, and compensate the people.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mr Khan wondered why the party leadership is giving the impression of being a friendly opposition. \u201cI\u2019m not expressing no confidence in the leadership, but I am concerned with the handling of the D Chowk incident,\u201d the PTI founder said, instructing the party leadership to upload the names of those who went missing during the D-Chowk protest.<\/p>\n
In his media talk, the PTI founder reiterated his demands for the formation of a judicial commission to investigate the D-Chowk crackdown and the release of detained PTI workers. He said if these demands were not met by December 15, the former ruling party would escalate the protest drive, including intensifying its call for civil disobedience and observing a day of mourning.<\/p>\n
Regarding the court martial of the former Inter-Services Intelli\u00adgence chief Faiz Hameed, Imran Khan said that the ex-spymaster was working under then-army chief retired Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa and was not acting on his own. Mr Khan lambasted singer Salman Ahmed for hurling baseless allegations targeting former first lady Bushra Bibi and termed the tweets of Salman Ahmed as foolish.<\/p>\n
Indictment in Toshakhana case<\/p>\n
The second indictment of the ex-PM in as many weeks came in a corruption case being heard by a special court of the Federal Investigation Agency. Special Judge Central Sharukh Arjumand presided over the session and read out the charge sheet in the presence of both accused. Both individuals denied the charges levelled against them.<\/p>\n
Following the indictment, the court announced that the regular trial would commence by Dec 18, summoning four prosecution witnesses for the next hearing. The prosecution submitted a list of 23 witnesses expected to testify in the case.<\/p>\n
Mr Khan has been indicted in seven different cases since his first arrest in May 2023 which prompted attacks on state installations.<\/p>\n
On May 10, 2023, he was indicted in the case based on a complaint of the Election Commission of Pakistan that accused him of concealing details of the state gifts he purchased from Toshakhana.<\/p>\n
In January he was charge-sheeted in the Toshakhana reference related to a graff jewellery set; in February in the \u00a3190 million corruption case; and recently in the FIR registered against him over a violent protest outside the GHQ. He was also indicted on Dec 13, 2023, in the cipher case and in January in the Iddat case \u2014 in both of which the suspects were later acquitted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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