PPP wants vandals to be tried under Army Act 1952

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has demanded that the government should try the Pakistan Tehreek-e-insaf (PTI) leaders and workers, who were involved in atacking military installations on May 9, under the Army Act 1952.

The government should take strict action against protesters who atacked public and private properties, the PPP said.

“The action should be taken under the Army Act 1952 for damage to army installations,” said PPP Secretary General Nayyar Bokhari, flanked by the party’s Secretary Information and Special Assistant to Prime Minister Faisal Karim Kundi and others.

Bokhari said the bill for Imran Khan’s hospitality and keeping him in the Police Rest House should be sent to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.

He said Imran is responsible for the situation that Pakistan is facing and his party is responsible for the political and economic situation.

The PPP leader said that his party had demanded a larger bench to hear the case of elections in Punjab.

“Our understanding was that the Supreme Court decision was of four and three but the Chief Justice wants to implement the judgment of three and two. That is why we demanded the constitution of a full court.”

Bokhari also demanded the Supreme Court to give reasons for declaring the arrest of Imran illegal. “Judges speak through their judgments, not messages through remarks; we want to remind the judiciary that your decisions should be in accordance with the Constitution and law.”

He said the judiciary’s decisions are based on likes and dislikes and the PPP wanted to remind the judiciary that it has to do justice and its decisions should be in accordance with the Constitution.

Bokhari said the parliament gave a message to the judiciary but the judiciary did not understand that the parliament had the power to enact and amend the law.

“As per the Constitution, the state will exercise its power through the elected representatives neither judge nor generals. If they wanted to legislate then get elected through the vote.”