Pakistan general secretary Tehreek-E-Insaf (PTI), Salman Akram Raja, said Tuesday that Shah Mahmood Qureshi will continue to follow the instructions of the founder of the Imran Khan party after his release and that he will not act independently of the party’s policy.
Speaking to the media near Adial prison, he said: “Only the founder’s word has weight within the party.” He refused to speculate on the future role of Qureshi, stating that decisions could not be made without the direction of the founder.
Raja’s comments occurred after an anti -terrorism court in Lahore issued two separate liberation orders for Qureshi, aimed at the Superintendent of the central prison Kot Lakhpat.
The high -level PTI leader had been acquitted on August 11 in relation to cases linked to the disturbances of May 9, which followed Imran Khan’s arrest.
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Raja also clarified that the program of August 14, PTI was not a political protest. “It is a celebration of the independence of Pakistan, where our supporters will also express solidarity with the party and its founder,” he said.
He criticized the current political climate, claiming that Pakistan’s judicial system lacks independence, and that political freedoms guaranteed by the Constitution are not being confirmed.
The PTI leader described the legal procedures against party workers as unfair, often depending on repetitive evidence and police testimony.
He also condemned the authorities to block access routes and allegedly using force against workers trying to meet Imran Khan and Bushra Bibi in Adiala Jail.
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“According to the order of the court and the prison manual, the family and lawyers were supposed to meet today, however, we were denied access once again,” Raja said. He added that the sisters of Imran, Aleema and Noreen, were also forbidden to enter and finally organize a protest.
He accused the police of deploying containers and using canes to disperse the meeting. “Several workers were injured. It is a dictatorship, and we will support each other, regardless of the consequences,” he said.
Early in the day, Aleema and Noreen were denied entry despite trying to walk to jail on foot. After more than five hours of protest, they were arrested together with several workers and moved to Chakri’s exchange, where they were released later at night.
The arrests caused brief protests, but all the workers were released shortly after and dispersed peacefully.
