Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah on Tuesday said that PTI Chairman Imran Khan will face prosecution in a military court for events of May 9, claiming that PTI chief devised plan to target military installations.
During an appearance on Dawn News show Live with Adil Shahzeb, Sanaullah claimed Imran personally planned the attacks on military installations before he was arrested, and there was evidence to support this claim.
Asked if Imran would be tried in a military court, Sanaullah replied: “Absolutely, why not?”.
“My understanding is that the plan he developed to target military installations and then executed is a military case.”
When asked how Imran was able to communicate with his party leaders even from jail, the interior minister replied: “All this [planning] was decided before he went [to jail] that ‘who will do what and where. And when he is arrested, what would be the strategy and duties’. All of this was decided.”
Sanaullah’s remarks come a day after Defence Minister Khawaja Asif said that there was no decision yet on Imran’s trial under the Army Act, adding, however, that he could not “rule out” such a possibility.
Khan’s arrest sparked deadly protests across the country, with army establishments being attacked and state buildings set ablaze.
The National Assembly on May 22 passed a resolution vowing to try rioters involved in the May 9 attacks on army and state installations under existing laws, including the Army Act and the Anti-Terrorism Act. The National Security Committee also endorsed the decision.
