NEW DELHI: Pakistan government has decided to ban the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), alleging that the former ruling party was involved in number of anti-state activities.
“The government has decided that the federal government will move a case to ban the PTI (Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf),” Pakistan’s information minister Attaullah Tarar said.
“We believe that there is credible evidence that PTI should be banned,” he added, citing allegations against former PM Imran Khan including leaking state secrets and inciting riots.
According to the information minister, the matter of ban on Pakistan’s biggest opposition party will be brought to cabinet and possibly to Supreme Court if needed.
Meanwhile, Khan has been jailed for nearly a year in a series of cases which he claimed were orchestrated to prevent his return to power in February elections.
The Supreme Court, however, granted the PTI more seats in parliament in a landmark ruling last week, while Khan’s illegal marriage conviction was overturned on Saturday.
“The government has decided that the federal government will move a case to ban the PTI (Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf),” Pakistan’s information minister Attaullah Tarar said.
“We believe that there is credible evidence that PTI should be banned,” he added, citing allegations against former PM Imran Khan including leaking state secrets and inciting riots.
According to the information minister, the matter of ban on Pakistan’s biggest opposition party will be brought to cabinet and possibly to Supreme Court if needed.
Meanwhile, Khan has been jailed for nearly a year in a series of cases which he claimed were orchestrated to prevent his return to power in February elections.
The Supreme Court, however, granted the PTI more seats in parliament in a landmark ruling last week, while Khan’s illegal marriage conviction was overturned on Saturday.
