PESHAWAR: Members of Insaf Lawyers Forum (ILF) staged a protest rally against registration of a terrorism case against former prime minister and their leader Imran Khan and warned of dire consequences if the federal government continued its ‘illegal and unconstitutional’ acts against him.

To show solidarity with Mr Khan, the members of the forum, including female lawyers, took out a procession from the Peshawar High Court and marched up to the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly on Khyber Road.

The procession was led by Peshawar District Bar Association president Ali Zaman and ILF provincial leaders, including Muzamil Khan, Saadullah Khan Marwat, Bilal Khalil, Fazal Maula and others.

On this occasion, the protesters were addressed by different leaders who said that registration of a terrorism case against Mr Khan was unconstitutional.

They said the ‘imported government’ had got panicked with the growing popularity of Mr Khan and they thought that they would pressurise him with the registration of a fake case. They said Mr Khan could not be cowed down with such tactics.

Meanwhile, the protesters claimed that some lawyers affiliated with Pakistan Democratic Movement had been appointed as law officers in the KP Advocate General’s office. They demanded of the government to remove those law officers otherwise they would stage a demonstration near the CM House.

Published in Dawn, August 25th, 2022