ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah said Tuesday that the government would take action against perpetrators for “at-tacking” the judicial complex, rioting, and sabotaging the judici-ary’s dignity during Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan’s appearance in Islamabad courts.
In a press conference alongside Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leaders Azma Bukhari and Talal Chaudhry, the minister said that the cul-prits would be booked and arrested on terror charges.
Security arrangements at Sector G-11 of the judicial complex were disrupted as PTI workers removed all barriers during their chief’s appearances in the different courts. On the occasion, some of the workers vandalised the building and undermined the decorum of the courts.
Commenting on the “special treatment” given to Khan by the country’s courts and how the situation worsened in the federal capital as his supporters gathered to welcome him, Sanaullah said: “The banking court, which is present in the judicial complex, was stormed by around 400 ‘worker-like goons’ who were with them.”
“They attacked the policemen on duty by pushing them and rip-ping their uniforms apart and caused damage to the building by breaking its glass,” the interior minister said.
He added that despite the riots, Khan was still granted bail. How-ever, the minister — who is also a PML-N leader from Punjab — said that the government will take strict legal action against these goons.
Sanaullah said that the “pampering behaviour” of the courts en-courages hostility among Khan’s supporters. “The event that took place today, in which the judicial complex and the judiciary were attacked, only happened because they are receiving mild treat-ment.”
He condemned the attack and asserted that legal action is inevita-ble after what has happened yesterday. The deposed prime minis-ter, who was oust-ed from office last April, has so far received in-terim bail in three cases. –Agencies
