Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan in a video message on Monday stressed that his \u2018Stuff Jail\u2019 movement will be launched if elections in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa are not held within 90 days from the date of dissolution of the two assemblies.
\nCiting the Constitution, Imran Khan said it mandated holding of elections within 90 days.
\nThe PTI chief urged volunteers from across the country to register themselves for the \u2018Jail Bharo\u2019 movement for which, he said, people should get their names listed at the PTI\u2019s district offices.
\nHe claimed the movement will bring true democracy with rule of law in the country. He called it a peaceful protest, as allowed to everyone by the Constitution.
\n\u201cWe had two options in front of us \u2014 violent and non-violent ones \u2014 but we chose the \u2018Stuff Jail\u2019 movement to press for our demands for early elections,\u201d he said.
\nKhan claimed those who violated the Constitution and did not hold elections in 90 days would be proceeded under Article 6.
\nIn the video message, he also gave reasons for the \u2018Jail Bharo\u2019 movement.
\nHe further claimed Maryam Nawaz and other PML-N and PPP leaders spent their time in jails as \u2018royals\u2019.
\nThe PTI chairman claimed the PDM-led federal government was violating court verdicts. Despite Islamabad High Court orders to hold local government elections in the capital in 48 hours, the government had simply refused to comply.
\nImran alleged that the incumbent government was violating the fundamental rights of the people.
\nHe said social media users were being picked up over some tweets.
\nHe alleged PTI leaders Azam Swati, Shahbaz Gill and Fawad Chaudhry as well as his ally Sheikh Rashid were tortured, and numerous cases lodged against them just because they were in the opposition now.
\nImran said the PTI sacrificed its Punjab and KP governments to bring political and economic stability in the country.
\nHe further said the election commission and Punjab and KP governors had not yet fixed a date for elections in the provinces.
\nThe former prime minister cited an example of the \u2018doctrine of necessity\u2019 when Justice (retd) Munir, the second chief justice of Pakistan serving from 1954 to 1960, issued a verdict violating the Constitution.
\nHe said times had changed and people were looking towards courts. It was time to defend the Constitution, he remarked.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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