Imran Khan responds to Hashmi's 'judicial martial law' allegation
Imran said he never met CJ Nasir ul-Mulk or General Tariq, denied claims he discussed any such thing
LAHORE: (Dunya News, Web Desk) – Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan has on Tuesday denied the allegations by senior politician Javed Hashmi regarding discussions of a ‘judicial martial law’ during 2014 sit-in, reported Dunya News.
Talking to Kamran Shahid on Dunya News program ‘On the Front’, Imran Khan said that he had never met General Tariq or former Chief Justice Nasir ul-Mulk. He added that he had never said such a thing to Javed Hashmi.
Imran Khan was asked by Kamran Shahid if the allegations leveled by Javed Hashmi a few weeks ago on Kamran Shahid’s program were true or not. Imran said that he had never met the two people Javed Hashmi had named. He added that he had never made any such claim.
“Have you ever even heard of this term ‘judicial martial law’ before? How is it even possible? What is it supposed to mean? Would the judges be carrying guns in their hands to declare martial law in the country? It’s incomprehensible”.
Imran went on to say: “I respected Javed Hashmi a lot. In fact I respected him the most in the entire party and everyone in PTI would testify to that. However, what he did at the time and the kind of allegations he leveled against me afterwards made me question my judgment about him”.
Imran Khan responds to Javed Hashmi s allegations talking to @FrontlineKamran #OnTheFront pic.twitter.com/6bqe9UwkkR
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Hashmi was part of PTI when they did sit-in back in 2014. He told that former Chief Justice Pakistan (CJP) Nasir-ul-Mulk had also called a meeting of judges and had also decided the date for new elections.
The law experts said that there should be inquiry to find out if the revelations were true. He made these claims in Dunya TV programs, as he also took names of General Raheel Sharif, General Zaheer and General Tariq.
Pakistan People s Party (PPP) leader Qamar Zaman Kaira said that army and courts should make their positions clear regarding the matter.
