Peshawar: Peace Tehreek-e-Insaf Central Information Secretary Waqas Akram Sheikh has said on the sentencing of Imran Khan and Bushra Bibi that we have no connection with the negotiation process now, however, the final decision should be taken by the central leadership.
Addressing a press conference in Peshawar, he said that today is the darkest day for the judiciary of Pakistan. The way things were unfolding and the way the sentence was pronounced reflects the judicial system. The letters of the judges of the Islamabad High Court and the judges of the anti-terrorism courts are in front of everyone. The decision was postponed repeatedly, which showed that something was happening.
He said that the decision of the Al-Qadir Trust is a miscarriage of justice, we reject this sentence. It was a decision of acquittal. If the case was heard according to the principles of justice, it would have been acquitted. Imran Khan’s wife had gone with the luggage. She knew that the decision would be against her. The purpose of taking her into custody was to subdue Khan. In this case, no one took money or benefited anyone. What is not there in this case is not corruption. Waqas Akram said that the NAB officer has said that this is not a case of corruption. A university has been built in which children receive free religious education. He has been punished for establishing a welfare institution in this country. Our heads are bowed in shame today that he has been punished for doing welfare work and the founder of the country’s largest party and his wife have been punished for doing welfare work.
The Information Secretary said that Imran Khan will not bow down, all the cases against Imran Khan are weak, there is nothing in these cases, this is a Buddhist case, we will reject this sentence and challenge it in court, we will go to the High Court, there is nothing in this case, this case will be rejected in the higher courts, whoever did this and whoever got it punished, the nation will never forget him. He said that kangaroo courts cannot bow down Imran Khan, these cases will end in the higher courts, the money is in the Supreme Court’s account, has the Registrar Supreme Court been called and investigated? Conduct of the Court is very important. In 2004, something was written against this judge in the Supreme Court of Pakistan, it was written that he is not fit as a judicial officer. The Supreme Court has written against this judge that this judge is not fit for this position. The Supreme Court has declared him unfit for the position of judicial officer.
In this case, punishment has been given to a judge who was declared unfit by the Supreme Court in 2004.
The Central Secretary for Information said that this decision is a collapse of the judicial system. Those who have committed corruption have been appointed to the post of Prime Minister. We will not let this trend end. This nation will reject it just as they were rejected in the February 8 elections. We will take all legal action against it. We will protest against it. When unjust punishment is given, we will not tolerate negotiations or sitting with such people.
He said that there is no doubt that Nawaz Sharif has committed corruption. If anyone, including Nawaz Sharif, is punished unjustly, we reject it. If the PML-N had been wronged, they would have come together against it, but they did not do so, but rather supported it. Negotiations will continue even after this decision.
He said that we have no connection with the negotiation process with him now, but the final decision has to be made by the central leadership. People have been protesting peacefully and will do so, this is their right.