Islamabad (HRNW) Islamabad High Court (IHC) Chief Justice Athar Minallah has expressed his displeasure over Imran Khan’s latest controversial statement about the appointment of the next chief of army staff (COAS) and said that the PTI chief must not expect relief from the courts if he was hell-bent on doing “all this.”
On Monday, Justice Minallah heard a petition against a PEMRA ban on the live broadcast of Imran Khan’s speeches.
The court suspended the PEMRA order at the last hearing and Justice Minallah today disposed of the petition.
However, during the hearing, the IHC chief justice addressed the lawyers from the PTI and came down hard on them for Imran Khan’s latest statement about the army. The statement was condemned by prime minister Shehbaz Sharif as one of “Imran Niazi’s despicable utterances to malign institutions.”
Justice Minallah said that no one had the right to declare who was a patriot and who was not.
“The armed forces are sacrificing their lives and you are trying to demoralize them,” he said.
The IHC top judge also lamented that Pakistan was drowning in floods and “such things” were being discussed at this time.
“Is this leadership? Have you put every thing at stake for a game of thrones,” he said.