The investigation agencies were conducting an inquiry regarding former Inter-Services Intelligence chief Lt Gen (retd) Faiz Hamid, revealed by Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah.
The Interior minister shared the information while holding a press conference in Islamabad, after the imposition of Section 144 in Lahore ahead of Aurat March and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) election rally.
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“Only the GHQ can conduct Faiz’s court martial,” Sanaullah said, adding that the General Headquarters (GHQ) holds the military trial and right, not the interior ministry.
He said that whatever was being done was required and PTI Chairman Imran Khan will be arrested when need be.
Moreover, the interior Minister requested Jamat-e-Islami (JI) to organize Haya March on March 7 or 9, instead of March 8 when there are several events, including the Aurat March, which is held on account of International Women’s Day
“Aurat March is taking place on March 8, our mothers and sisters are marching in it,” he said, adding that the day holds immense importance for the women.
He said that the women take to the streets to highlight two separate narratives.
144 Imposed in Lahore
While speaking about the ban on public gatherings imposed in Lahore, Sanaullah said that the government imposed Section 144 in light of security reports by the agencies.
The interior minister said that the government imposed Section 144 in light of reports by the security agencies.
He said that PTI had been asked to share the route of their rally but Khan’s group didn’t provide any details.
“Fitna, anarchy, and chaos are his [Khan’s] ways. There are no such people in the system who have stopped the Law Enforcement Agencies [LEAs],” he added.
The minister said that there were several events, including Aurat March and Haya March, simultaneously taking place in Lahore.
While mocking the PTI chief, Sanaullah said, “Imrani fitna announced the burger march” and selected the same place for their election rally which the Aurat March rally organizers had already picked.
He said that “fitna Khan found it fit to highlight his own fitna in between” all these happenings.