Court bans Imran, Qadri’s protest march
15 Aug 2014 4:53 AM IST
A court here on Wednesday stopped Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chairman Imran Khan and Pakistan Awami Tahreek chief Dr Tahirul Qadri from holding protest march and sit-in in federal capital in ‘an unconstitutional way’.
The Lahore High Court three-member full bench headed by Justice Khalid Mahmood Khan on Wednesday issued a short order restraining both the parties from holding an ‘unconstitutional’ protest march and sit-in in Islamabad.
The two parties ‘have been restrained from holding Azadi March and Inqilab March and sit-in in Islamabad in an unconstitutional way,’ the short order says.
Tehreek-i-Insaf representative advocate Ahmed Awais told reporters that the party was not going to hold an ‘unconstitutional’ protest march. ‘Our march is within the ambit of the constitution of Pakistan. Therefore, it on the respected judge to interpret about the unconstitutional protest march,’ he said. After the court’s verdict, Imran Khan told a news channel that his party would hold the Azadi March come what may.
‘Our march is constitutional. The government’s act to put containers to stop us from going to Islamabad is unconstitutional,’ Khan said.
The Lahore High Court three-member full bench headed by Justice Khalid Mahmood Khan on Wednesday issued a short order restraining both the parties from holding an ‘unconstitutional’ protest march and sit-in in Islamabad.
The two parties ‘have been restrained from holding Azadi March and Inqilab March and sit-in in Islamabad in an unconstitutional way,’ the short order says.
Tehreek-i-Insaf representative advocate Ahmed Awais told reporters that the party was not going to hold an ‘unconstitutional’ protest march. ‘Our march is within the ambit of the constitution of Pakistan. Therefore, it on the respected judge to interpret about the unconstitutional protest march,’ he said. After the court’s verdict, Imran Khan told a news channel that his party would hold the Azadi March come what may.
‘Our march is constitutional. The government’s act to put containers to stop us from going to Islamabad is unconstitutional,’ Khan said.
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