Imran calls on supporters to prepare for street movement

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf founder Imran Khan has said that with all avenues of justice “closed”, protest is now the only option left for the party, calling on supporters to prepare for a street movement.

The message was relayed on Saturday by PTI Secretary General Salman Akram Raja during a press conference at the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) House in the federal capital after a special court sentenced former prime minister and his wife, Bushra Bibi, to 17 years in prison each in the Toshakhana-II case.

Raja told reporters that, according to party lawyers, the former prime minister is being kept in solitary confinement. He claimed that a notification issued for upcoming trials bars even family members from the courtroom, while judges will appear via video link from distant locations.

According to Raja, Khan said he would not retreat “even an inch” from his stance and was prepared to secure freedom for the people, even at the cost of martyrdom. Raja quoted him as saying that judicial doors had shut, court hearings were not taking place, and justice was no longer accessible, leaving protest as the only path. Staff Report