Law violated in GHQ attack case, claims PTI lawyer

RAWALPINDI: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder’s lawyer Faisal Chaudhry claimed on Saturday that the hearing of GHQ attack case was concluded in haste and law was blatantly violated in court.

Speaking to the media outside the Adiala jail, he said Bushra Bibi was supposed to be presented in court, but chaos erupted in the courtroom, and police officers suddenly rushed outside. According to him, hidden forces had sabotaged the hearing, preventing Bushra from appearing before the court.

Faisal Chaudhry asserted that Bushra Bibi was not even allowed to be included in the investigation of cases registered against her. He said that they would take this matter to the Anti-Terrorism Court for further discussion.

Addressing the media, Faisal Chaudhry conveyed that Imran Khan has demanded the application of Article 6 against those who have stolen the nation’s mandate. He said the PTI founder has alleged that Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa had protected a fraudulent election and reiterated that the party would not engage in talks with any party currently in government.

The lawyer also said that although bail had been granted to 350 PTI members, they were transferred to different jails on Friday. He quoted the PTI founder as saying that the Constitution is effectively suspended in the country and urged opposition parties to unite under a single agenda.

He said the PTI founder had condemned the approval of the PECA law, expressing solidarity with journalists and alleging that the government seeks to suppress what little press freedom remains.

The former prime minister, according to the lawyer, remarked that freedom of speech is now being treated as terrorism and expressed solidarity with the judges of the Islamabad High Court regarding their letter, saying that ‘court packing’ should not occur.