Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan has appointed Senator Ejaz Ahmad Chaudhry as Focal Person for Jail Bahro Tehreek (Court Arrest).
The decision has been take in a meeting of Senator Chaudhry with the party chairman at Zaman Park residence in Lahore on Friday.
A notification for the appointment has also been issued on Friday.
Senator Ejaz Chaudhry on the occasion said that the struggle of real independence had entered into the decisive phase and asked the workers to complete the preparation for the court arrest movement.
The senator further said that the PTI would start the Jail Bahro Tehreek (Court Arrest) from Lahore.
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Earlier on Monday (Feb 6), Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan said that the PTI would start ‘Jail Bharo Tehreek’ if the general elections to the two provincial assemblies, Punjab and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, went beyond the constitutional period of 90 days.
In a video address, the former prime minister sought names of volunteers for courting arrest as part of the movement. He asked the people to come forward in response to his call, which, he said, would restore real democracy in the country.
“This is not politics but a war for true freedom, ie true democracy,” the PTI chairman said. “If the election goes beyond 90 days, Article 6 will apply,” he added, while referring to the constitutional provision against high treason.
The Punjab and K-P assemblies were dissolved in January on the instructions of Imran in an effort to force Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to call general elections in the country. According to the Constitution, the elections have to take place within 90 days of the dissolution of the assembly.
Almost a month had passed since the dissolution of the two provincial assemblies but so far, no date of election has been announced, as the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) is still in process of holding consultation on the matter.
