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Imran Khan endorses corps commanders stand, seeks punishment for May 9 perpetrators


Imran Khan

RAWALPINDI: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder and former prime minister Imran Khan has expressed his support for the corps commanders’ conference declaration, emphasizing that those involved in the May 9 incidents deserve stringent punishment.

During an informal conversation with journalists at Adiala jail, Khan stressed the need for a commission to investigate the May 9 incidents after retrieving the CCTV footage.

He clarified that his party does not oppose the army nor seeks confrontation, asserting PTI’s stance was not against the armed forces.

Addressing the issue of reserved seats for women and minorities, Khan criticized the Election Commission of Pakistan for stripping PTI of its reserved seats, accusing it of undermining democracy and inflicting injustice on the party’s women.

He alleged that the election commission was responsible for electoral fraud.

Khan expressed his desire for PTI to conduct peaceful protests against electoral fraud, stating that peaceful protest was a democratic right of every party.

He mentioned that no one has contacted him since February 8 and added that he knew the reasons why he was not contacted.

He also touched upon the letter written to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), explaining that economic stability cannot be achieved without political stability and lamented that 70% of the country’s finances were consumed by debt repayment.

It should be noted that the corps commanders’ recently resolved to bring the planners, instigators, and those who desecrated monuments and attacked military installations on May 9 to justice under the relevant constitutional and legal provisions.

The statement from the conference also condemned the dissemination of distorted, ambiguous, and false information, labeling such efforts as futile and part of an organized campaign for vile political gains, aimed at covering up the heinous activities of May 9.

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