ISLAMABAD, June 1: The Registrar’s Office raised objection on Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s long march petition in the Supreme Court of Pakistan and said that the SC has already ruled on the point raised in the petition.
The objection stated that a case cannot be re-heard once it has been decided. The petitioner did not approach the relevant forum. Despite the availability of alternative forums, the Supreme Court was approached.
The Registrar’s Office objected and referred the matter to the Registrar of the Supreme Court for a final decision. Earlier on Wednesday, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) filed a petition in Supreme Court of Pakistan seeking court’s permission for Islamabad long march.
Ali Zafer Advocate submitted the petition in the apex court on behalf of PTI Secretary General Asad Umar, while the Interior Ministry, IG Islamabad and Home Secretaries were mentioned as the parties.
The petition says the government was trying to use illegal tactics against the party leadership, workers, and the people of Pakistan who wanted to record their peaceful protest in Islamabad. It said the manner of arrests, by raiding the homes of party workers, was part of a series of illegal acts by the government.
The petition said people were not allowed to travel towards Islamabad and that they were met with barbarous acts from the district administrations and provincial and federal law enforcement agencies.
“Access to Islamabad was totally blocked from all cities. The citizens, who tried to exercise their fundamental rights and proceed to Islamabad to join the rally, were badly beaten up, tortured, tear-gassed, and arrested throughout the country.”
The use of teargas, raids, arrests, torture, roadblocks and the deployment of police across Pakistan, stifled and virtually prohibited citizens from exercising their fundamental rights, the petition stated.
It explained the respondents, and particularly officials of Punjab as well as the Ministry of Interior violated mandatory provisions of the Constitution and acted in a manner that amounts to state terrorism.
Therefore, they demanded the court to not torture or arrest or use any force or other coercive measures or intimidating tactics against citizens and the supporters, workers, members and leaders of the public who want to peacefully hold any protest – DNA
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