Islamabad, July 7: A former confidante of former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan has filed a petition in the Supreme Court seeking the dissolution of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party citing his alleged role in the unprecedented violence on May 9.
Awn Chaudhry, now part of the newly formed Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party (IPP), named Khan, the chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) as well as PTI President Pervaiz Elahi as respondents in the constitutional petition filed on Thursday.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Defence Minister Khawaja Asif, as well as the ministries of law and interior among others, are also made respondents in the petition, the Express Tribune newspaper reported.
Chaudhry contended that the PTI chairman was involved in attacks on state institutions, the judiciary, and the military and civilian installations, and violated not only basic human rights but also the Constitution.
Imran approaches Supreme Court
Meanwhile, Khan has petitioned in Supreme Court against the Islamabad High Court’s directive to the trial court that had asked for a re-examination of the maintainability of the Toshakhana corruption case within a week. Khan was indicted in the Toshakhana corruption case on May 10 by Additional District and Sessions Judge Humayun Dilawar, who rejected objections about the admissibility of the case.
Khan had challenged the admissibility of the case before the Islamabad High Court (IHC) which set aside the verdict of the trial court. The IHC bench had stated that the trial court had dismissed the petition of Khan on weak grounds. (PTI)