ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet gave its blessing on Friday to the creation of a committee that will decide whether to file treason charges under Article 6 against the PTI’s top officials, including party chairman Imran Khan.
Cabinet
The cabinet approved the formation of a committee under the direction of Minister for Law Azam Nazeer Tarar, according to Minister for Information Marriyum Aurangzeb during a press conference following the cabinet meeting.
The cabinet, which met under the leadership of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, reportedly welcomed the Supreme Court’s thorough ruling in a suo motu case involving the decision made by former National Assembly deputy speaker Qasim Suri regarding the no-confidence motion against then-PM Khan.
Before voting against Khan could begin on April 3, Suri rejected the vote, calling it “unconstitutional” and supported by “foreign powers.”
However, the SC’s thorough ruling rejected PTI’s allegations of a foreign conspiracy and stated that the courts reach decisions based on evidence, not conjecture.
The court noted that no investigation was ordered to determine the type or degree of any Pakistani person’s involvement in seeking or receiving support from a foreign state in order to move the motion of no-confidence.
In addition, Justice Mazahar Alam Khan Miankhel noted that former law minister Fawad Chaudhry, President Arif Alvi, former Prime Minister Khan, former NA speaker Asad Qaiser, and ex-deputy speaker Suri had all violated their positions of authority and left it up to the parliamentarians to determine whether their actions could be punished under Article 6.
In her briefing today, Aurangzeb stated that “a special committee has been formed under the chairmanship of law minister Azam Nazeer Tarar […] and will present its recommendations in the next meeting of the federal cabinet.”
Case of Tayyaba Gul
Aurangzeb stated that a commission has been established to look into Tayyaba Gul’s allegations that she was made to stay at the Prime Minister’s House for nearly 20 days while Khan was in power.
The information minister reported that Tayyaba Gul told the PM’s Office that she was kidnapped and held hostage at the PM’s House for 18 days.
When Gul complained about sexual harassment and abuse on the PM’s Portal, according to Aurangzeb, the woman was “held captive” at the PM’s House rather than having her complaints heard.
Gul, who previously accused Justice (retd) Javed Iqbal, the former head of the National Accountability Bureau, of sexual harassment, asserts that Khan, the former prime minister, used her videos to have the then-opposition blackmailed and his cases against the NAB closed.
When she refused to share a flat with Iqbal, she allegedly faced backlash from NAB.
Gul claims that after filing a complaint on the prime minister’s portal, she was summoned to the PM’s residence by former principal secretary Azam Khan.
The information minister said the PM’s Office, through these tactics, “compromised” a national institution.
Gul, who previously accused Justice (retd) Javed Iqbal, the former head of the National Accountability Bureau, of sexual harassment, asserts that Khan, the former prime minister, used her videos to have the then-opposition blackmailed and his cases against the NAB closed.
When she refused to share a flat with Iqbal, she allegedly faced backlash from NAB.
Gul claims that after filing a complaint on the prime minister’s portal, she was summoned to the PM’s residence by former principal secretary Azam Khan.
The PM’s Office, according to the information minister, “compromised” a national institution with these strategies.
