LAHORE: A case has been lodged against a political party, Move on Pakistan at Purani Anarkali Police Station under sections 120, 124 and 505 after it was accused of inviting the army to impose Martial Law.
The First Information Report was registered on petition filed by Malik Munsif Awan of the Pakistan Justice Party today.
The petition alleged the party leadership of treason for allegedly encouraging a coup by putting up banners on Mall Road and Purani Anarkali area.
Banners were put up in various cities including Lahore, Karachi, Peshawar, Quetta, Rawalpindi, Faisalabad, Sargodha and Hyderabad after Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif returned from London after around 48 days following his open-heart surgery.
Party chairman, Mohammad Kamran and his aides Asif Iqbal and Ali Raza approached the Islamabad High Court some two days ago which granted them protective bail until July 22 after a case was lodged against them in the federal capital on July 14 for alleged criminal conspiracy.
Leadership of the party has denied the charges and stated that their messages have been misconstrued.
For now, the chairman of the party is on a protective bail against surety bond of Rs 20,000 and the Islamabad High Court has summoned him along with his associates on July 22 while the respondents in the case are Inspector General of Police and Interior Ministry.
