RAWALPINDI: Jailed Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan has called upon Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Yahya Afridi to stand by law and justice.
In an informal interaction with journalists at Rawalpindi’s Adiala jail, the PTI founder addressed the CJP, saying: “The nation is looking towards you.”
Khan said he wrote two letters to Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Asim Munir “because all democratic avenues have been obstructed”.
His remarks came after the Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP), headed by the CJP, approved the appointment of six new judges to the Supreme Court amid a boycott by PTI lawmakers and two senior SC judges.
“The CJP needs to stand by law and justice,” said the 71-year-old cricketer-turned-politician, who has been behind bars since August 2023 after he was sentenced in multiple cases following his ouster from power in April 2022.
Blasting the coalition government, the PTI founder said: “Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, President Asif Ali Zardari and [federal] ministers are all fake. There is no hope from Parliament.”
It is pertinent to mention that the former ruling party alleges that their mandate was stolen during the February 8, 2024, general elections.
“The Parliament is not functional. It is a fraud parliament,” he added.
Moving on to the stalled negotiation between the PTI and the ruling coalition, the former prime minister said he was not expecting any breakthrough in the negotiations.
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