ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Sunday urged the judiciary to intervene and save Pakistan from what he called a complete collapse of the state institutions.
ìThe higher judiciary is the only institution left that can intervene to salvage the country from the present corrupt and reckless government,î Imran Khan said in a statement. ìIt is time that the judiciary takes firm and resolute steps to implement its verdicts including the Lahore High Court (LHC) verdict barring the holding of two offices by the president,î he said.
Imran, who launched a ìremove the government save Pakistanî movement from Multan, contended that the blatant rigging of the AJK elections by the PPP government was vindication of the PTIís stand that holding of free and fair elections under a caretaker government formed by the president, who also held office of the PPP co-chairperson, was impossible.
The PTI chief said the armed forces must support the superior judiciary under the constitution to fulfil its mandate. “If the judiciary does not intervene the present corrupt and compromised rulers, they would take the country to a point of no return. While the country sinks in chaos, the parliament is a mere bystander passing resolutions to no effect,” he said.
At a time of grave internal and external threats, he noted, the PPP and PML-N leadership continued to politicise the army. He said the governance had all but collapsed with growing signs of civil disobedience.
“Pakistan and the present government cannot co-exist anymore. The Mir Jaffars and Mir Sadiqs of the country have brought Pakistan to the verge of destruction,” Imran Khan went on to say.
The PTI chief said if the people were not allowed to bring a real change through a transparent electoral process, the only other option left would be a bloody revolution with unpredictable consequences. “How can a co-chairperson of a political party that is participating in elections be expected to set up a credible caretaker government,” he questioned.