ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: The former Prime Minister Imran Khan has once again reiterated the demand of an open trial of the former Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Chief Lt General (retd) Faiz Hameed if he is suspected of fueling the 9th May riots, maintaining that neither it’s a military issue nor a part of any foreign design.
Talking to media at Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi on Friday, Imran Khan said that they are alleging me of conspiring with Faiz Hameed to attack military installations on May 9, 2023 but in fact, I took the only federal-level party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) from zero to peak and had been waging a political struggle for the past 28 years within the constitutional boundaries.
آپ اتنا بڑا الزام لگا رہے ہیں کہ فیض سے مل کر 9 مئی کی سازش کی،میں نے زیرو سے پارٹی شروع کی اور 28 سال سے آئین کے اندر رہ کر جدوجہد کر رہا ہوں، اگر 9 مئی میں فیض حمید ملوث تھا تو آپ اوپن ٹرائل کریں، یہ ملٹری کا ایشو ہے نہ ہی سیکرٹ انٹرنیشنل ایشو ہے، عمران خان۔۔۔!!!
— Mughees Ali (@mugheesali81) August 23, 2024
رات کے پچھلے پہر آپ نے اعظم سواتی کو پیغام کس کے ذریعے بھجوایا ؟ پیغام رسا کون تھا ؟ فون کی سہولت کیسے ملی؟ صحافی کا سوال
اس کا جواب رہنے دیں، عمران خان کا مسکراتے ہوئے جواب۔۔۔!!! pic.twitter.com/Sb7SQgUFWI
— Mughees Ali (@mugheesali81) August 23, 2024
Referring to the response attributed to the “unnamed security sources” on media over his demand of Faiz Hameed’s open trial, the former prime minister said that they asked me ‘who am I’, they must know that I am the head of the Country’s largest political party and therefore, entitled to make such a demand.
About the postponement of the PTI public gathering at Tarnol scheduled on August 22, Imran Khan said that he was informed that the matter relates to the sensitive issue of Finality of Prophethood and religious parties were protesting in Islamabad, prompting a fear of chaos; therefore, he called Azam Swati and Barrister Gohar Khan and instructed them to postpone the jalsa.
Otherwise, he added, he was fearing as it would have caused the replica of 9th May riots.
Imran Khan made it clear that he had postponed the PTI jalsa for the last time. He said that the authorities have issued a NOC allowing the party to organize a public gathering in Islamabad on September 8, and now if any obstacles are once again created in the way, the latter would be held responsible.
عمران خان نے نے کہا کہ 8 ستمبر کو آپ کہہ رہے ہیں کہ آپ جلسہ کر سکتے ہو اور NOC بھی مل گیا تو 8 ستمبر کو جلسہ ہر صورت ہونا چاہیے، علیمہ خان
pic.twitter.com/n7dDNWC5ma— PTI (@PTIofficial) August 23, 2024
