Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah said government has already pointed out that Imran Khan is pursuing politics of hatred. He urged the public to minus Imran Khan from politics using their power of vote.
Addressing a news conference along with Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb in Islamabad on Sunday, he regretted that fighter jet of MM Alam was also set on fire which is a pride of Pakistan. He said PTI should be banned but it requires a due legal process.
Rana Sanaullah Khan said that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf had planned the events of May 9 in advance and anyone engaged in violence would be brought to justice.
Sanaullah said that even the objects used in the attacks were built in the same place.
“The targets had been advised in advance in case Imran Khan got arrested,” he said, adding that all those responsible would be brought within the law’s grasp.
Rana Sanaullah also said that it was an evidence of Imran’s culpability that he had not condemned the events of May 9 till now and described Imran as a ‘fitna’.
He mentioned that the only solution to the PTI was banning it as a political identity but added that this would be a big decision. In a surprise statement, Sanaullah also mentioned that Imran would have to be defeated at the polls.
“If Imran is not defeated by the power of the vote, he will destroy the country.” he said.
He added that he along with Finance Minister Ishaq Dar had approached Fazal after discussion with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. He added that Fazal would give an answer on whether he would shift the protest by 10pm on Sunday.
However, he added that the protest was a decision made by the Pakistan Democratic Movement and not by the government.
Rana Sanaullah said that the chief justice had ‘weakened’ his moral authority by ruling Imran Khan’s arrest illegal on Friday. He also mentioned that the acquittal was part of the same chain as the ‘minority opinion’ of three judges being imposed as the court’s decision in the election delay case.
On Saturday, Maulana had announced a sit-in infront of the Supreme Court saying he wanted to remind the court that it was ‘mother of law’ not ‘mother-in-law’.
“The judges are men made of flesh like us, not heavenly beings,” Fazal had said, “they should go beyond the constitution to an extent that they do not even consider the parliament to be supreme.”
