The imported government may arrest Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf Chairman Imran Khan tonight, and started its implementation plan for the arrest.
The Bol News TV reported that the police have begun its homework to tackle the reaction of the public. The police have been ordered to prepare the list of active leaders and workers of the PTI and the SHOs concerned have also been ordered to provide information about the activities of the workers.
The Bol News has also obtained the list prepared by the police.
The PTI leadership has asked the local leaders and workers to reach the Zaman Park residence of Imran Khan and resist the arrest bid of their party chairman.
Earlier on 4th Feb, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan announced a ‘Jail Bharo Tehreek’ (court arrest drive).
At the same time, the PTI has told the Shehbaz Sharif administration that it may attend the Feb 7 multi-party conference (MPC) on militancy, provided the government stops victimising its leaders forthwith and gives a date for elections in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
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The ousted premier in a televised address from his Zaman Park residence here on Saturday explained why he announced the ‘Jail Bharo Tehreek’.
“Now we have two ways — one to come on roads and go for wheel-jam but it will hurt Pakistan economically. The other is to allow this imported government to have its desire to put us behind bars fulfilled by the Jail Bharo Tehreek,” he said and added he was going to start this drive.
“I ask the people to get ready and wait for my call for ‘Jail Bharo Tehreek’. The party workers should wait for my call and when l will give the signal to fill jails. I know the jails in the country do not have the capacity to have us all,” Mr Khan said and added let the government’s desire to have them in jail be fulfilled.
At the same time, he made it clear to the PMLN-led government and “their handlers” (a reference to the military establishment) that if they were under the impression that they could frighten the PTI leadership through harassment and custodial torture they were seriously mistaken.
“Nations without a vision die…and I am afraid whether we will survive as a nation. If today we do not wake up and wage a struggle against ‘this government of criminals’ we will be responsible for the consequences,” he declared.
Imran Khan also spoke about harassment and custodial torture of his party leaders, allies and journalists. Of them, he said, the brutal murder of senior journalist Arshad Sharif was extremely painful.
Mr Khan expressed his utter disappointment over blatant violation of the constitution and law especially in the case of delay in polls in Punjab and KP.
“We dissolved governments in Punjab and KP provinces 18 days ago but the governors are not giving dates for polls. The government is trying its best to delay the elections which have to be held within 90 days under the constitution,” he said and added it seemed there was no rule of law in the country and “we are heading towards a law of the jungle where might is right.”
He urged the judiciary to protect the fundamental rights of the people. “Everyone is looking up to the judiciary to protect their fundamental rights. We are hopeful that the judiciary will protect the constitution and elections (in Punjab and KP) will be held in 90 days.”
The former premier further said the Election Commission of Pakistan was siding with the ‘imported government’, both caretaker governments (in Punjab and KP) were a joke in the country’s history as all anti-PTI officers were posted there besides it also had support from the ‘handlers’ in its designs against the PTI.
