Imran Khan committed ‘rebellion’ against Pakistan: Interior Minister | World news

Pakistan’s Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah has accused Imran Khan of “creating the crime of sedition,” and urged institutions like parliament to stand up against the former prime minister’s “mischievous structure.”

Speaking during the Geo News program ‘Naya Pakistan’ on Sunday, Sanaullah said, “Khan has only one request: he wants the institutions to agree to let him sit on the prime minister’s chair.”

“The institutions, the government, Parliament, and the judiciary should stand against his evil plan,” he said, adding that Khan will not be successful in his plan to the country and the nation.

Sanaullah accused the 70-year-old Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief of “committing the crime of sedition against the state,” the report said.

The minister said the cricketer-turned-politician should refrain from talking about something if it is not true, but he did so because it “forced his political agenda”, he said.

Sanaullah also said that Khan wanted to make the appointment of Pakistan’s army chief controversial, while maintaining that Khan “doesn’t even care about personal respect,” he said.

Responding to a question about the delay in lodging an FIR, the minister said that there would be obstacles if he wanted to file a case against the state.

“The police have the right to refuse if the perpetrator wants to register a case against him [certain] reasons,” he added.

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Khan, who underwent surgery for bullet injuries, was discharged from the hospital on Sunday and shifted to his private residence in the city, hospital officials said.

Khan suffered bullet injuries in the right leg on Wednesday when two militants fired a shotgun at him and others riding in a box truck in Punjab province’s Wazirabad district, where he was leading a protest. against the government of Shehbaz Sharif.

He underwent surgery for bullet injuries at the Shaukat Khanum Hospital owned by his charity.

Addressing a press conference from the hospital on Sunday, Khan said the long journey would begin on Tuesday from the place in Wazirabad where 11 people including himself were shot.

Khan, who stepped down as prime minister in April this year after a no-confidence motion was passed in the National Assembly, is seeking new general elections in Pakistan.

However, the coalition government led by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is opposed to holding elections now.

The term of the current National Assembly will end in August 2023.