02/06/2025
𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐈𝐦𝐫𝐚𝐧 𝐊𝐡𝐚𝐧, 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐀𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐚 𝐉𝐚𝐢𝐥 𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚:
- 𝟑𝟏 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓
“Those who uphold the truth can never be defeated. Allah Almighty states clearly in the Holy Qur’an: “And your Lord would not have destroyed the cities unjustly while their inhabitants were righteous”. As Hazrat Ali (RA) said, ‘A system built on disbelief may survive, but one founded on injustice will not.’ Lies and deceit inevitably unravel, and the truth prevails.
The events of May 9th (2023) were, in fact, a part of the “London Plan”, the sole purpose of which was to eliminate Pakistan’s largest political force, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. Under this premeditated plan, I and several of my party leaders and workers were unlawfully imprisoned. Our democratic mandate was brazenly stolen, and corrupt individuals were imposed upon the nation. We were subjected to relentless fascist oppression, our supporters were shot at, and baseless cases have been fabricated against us.
As Prime Minister, when I removed General Asim Munir from the post of DG ISI, he sought to approach my wife Bushra Bibi through intermediaries to discuss the matter. Bushra Bibi categorically declined, saying that she had no involvement with such affairs and would not meet him. It is General Asim Munir's vindictive nature that is behind Bushra Bibi's unjust 14-month incarceration and deplorable inhumane treatment in prison. The way my wife has been targeted for personal vengeance is unprecedented, even during Pakistan’s darkest periods of dictatorship. She was accused of aiding and abetting, an allegation for which no proof has ever been presented, and she is arrested in one false case after another. She is a private citizen, a homemaker with no political involvement. I have not even been allowed to meet her in the past four weeks. According to jail regulations, I was scheduled to meet her yesterday, but even that meeting was denied, in complete violation of court orders.
Yesterday, our Member of National Assembly, Abdul Latif Chitrali, was convicted in a fabricated case related to May 9th (2023). Based on what evidence? Similarly, Dr. Yasmin Rashid remains imprisoned, while Shah Mehmood Qureshi would be released if he agreed to make the statements they desire from him. Anti-terrorism courts and numerous judges are complicit in this campaign of repression. Despite repeated demands, they refuse to summon or examine the stolen CCTV footage from May 9th. Not a single judge has the courage to demand those tapes and deliver a verdict based on evidence. We are innocent. Our people are being sentenced without evidence and without the right to a fair trial. We will petition all courts to demand the release and review of that CCTV footage.
I had called for the formation of a judicial commission to conduct a transparent investigation into the massacres (of unarmed pro-democracy protesters) of May 9th and November 26th (2024). Yet there has been no movement on this demand. The judiciary in Pakistan has never been more disgraceful than it is today. In the past, there was Justice Munir, whose unjust decisions earned him global notoriety. Today, Justice Qazi Faez Isa is following in the same footsteps. The entire judicial system seems complicit, driven not by justice but by a desire to protect their own jobs and privileges.”
