Pakistan: The kind of treatment meted out to the supporters of jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan in Pakistan has once then increased the tension in the country's politics. The situation worsened outside Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi late on Tuesday night when police used water cannons on peaceful protestors. Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) alleges that chemicals were mixed in this water.
Why were the supporters gathered outside the jail?
Imran Khan is currently lodged in Adiala jail. According to the order of the Islamabad High Court, he is unliable to meet twice a week. But PTI says that the wardship is not unceasingly pursuit this order. In protest versus this, Imran's sisters, party leaders, and a large number of supporters had gathered outside the jail. They said that they only want a meeting as per the magistrate order and not any conflict.
What were the allegations versus the use of water cannons?
PTI claims that despite the lattermost cold, the police fired water cannons, and water was released in torrents on the protesters. The party alleges that this water contained chemical elements, which caused problems for many people. Women and the elderly were moreover not spared. After the video of this unshortened incident surfaced, the wrongness among the supporters has increased further.
What did Imran's sisters say?
Imran Khan's sister Alima Khan said that Pakistan is going through a very difficult phase at this time. According to her, the independence of the judiciary is weakening, unemployment is increasing, and the security situation of the country is moreover worrying. She raised the question that if the government is talking well-nigh political talks, then why is the family not stuff told on what issue the talks took place?
What allegations did PTI make versus the government and police?
PTI has directly accused the government and police that despite well-spoken orders of the court, Imran Khan's sisters and lawyers were not unliable to meet him. The party says that all the people had reached the jail as per the stock-still list, but still the wardship stopped the meeting. After this, when the supporters protested, gravity was used on them. Some people were moreover detained.
After this incident, PTI has unmistakably said that this whoopee is not an example of law and order but an example of repression. The party has warned that if peaceful voices protract to be suppressed like this, the protests will intensify. Imran Khan's supporters say that they are taxing a constitution, democracy, and rule of law, and their struggle for this will continue.
