Pak SC summons Imran khan and Qadri for anti government protests
Islamabad: Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Wednesday summoned opposition leader Imran Khan and cleric Tahirul Qadri on a petition filed against them over their protests that have called for Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s ouster.
A five-member bench headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Nasirul Mulk admitted the petition and issued notices to the concerned parties while adjourning the hearing of the case until Thursday.
The plea has also requested that they be legally banned from conducting any sort of march including dharna and civil disobedience by offending public peace and tranquillity in any manner whatsoever in all times to come, Dawn News reported.
The petition states that, “The federation of Pakistan, may be graciously directed to perform their functions in accordance with the mandatory provision of the Constitution in the face of unlawful and unconstitutional activities of movements of respondents PAT, PTI.”
During the hearing, the court said that every citizen has the right to protest, as per the constitution as long as the protests did not cause any hardship to other citizens.
