Civil disobedience movement challenged in LHC
The petition requested the court to take action against Imran Khan.
LAHORE (Dunya News) - The announcement of civil disobedience movement by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan has been challenged in Lahore High Court.
The petition has been filed by a local lawyer Muhammad Kashif.
In his petition, he stated that the call of civil disobedience movement by Imran Khan was an unconstitutional step, adding that the announcement would result into more violence that will push the country to the brink of a civil war.
The petition requested the court to take action against this step of Imran Khan
Earlier, Imran Khan called on thousands of anti-government protesters to stop paying taxes and practice civil disobedience until Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif steps down, raising fears of instability in the nuclear-armed U.S. ally.
Imran Khan, who heads Parliament s third largest bloc, made the announcement at a rally in the capital calling for Sharif to step down over alleged voting fraud in the May 2013 election, the first democratic transfer of power in a country with a long history of military dictatorships.
Khan also warned that his supporters would take over Parliament if Sharif does not resign within two days.
"We decide today that we will not pay taxes to his illegitimate government, we will not pay electricity bills, gas bills," Khan said to a charged crowd estimated at 10,000 to 15,000 people. "I urge all the traders to stop paying taxes."
