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May 25. (EUROPE PRESS) –
The secretary for legal affairs of the opposition party Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI), Maleeka Bojari, presented her resignation on Thursday and condemned the “unconstitutional and illegal” protests that took place on May 9 as a result of the arrest of former Prime Minister Imran Jan.
“May 9 was a very difficult and painful day for all Pakistanis,” the lawyer said at a press conference, adding that she has not been pressured to leave office and that she now hopes to dedicate time to her family and her profession. according to the newspaper ‘Dawn’.
Her resignation comes shortly after the Islamabad High Court ordered her release after she was arrested in the context of the protests and transferred to Adiala jail, located in Rawalpindi, Punjab province.
The general secretary of the opposition party, Asad Umar, also submitted his resignation on Thursday. “It is not possible for me to continue carrying out my tasks at the head of the party,” he stressed, as reported by the Pakistani television channel Geo TV.
The riots sparked after Khan’s arrest, which included attacks on military installations, have sparked widespread criticism and several senior officials have left the formation in recent days, including Fauad Chaudry and Shirín Mazari, who were vice-presidents of the party.
Indeed, Pakistan’s Defense Minister Jauaja Asif said on Wednesday that the government is considering banning the party. “A decision has not yet been taken, but there is a review underway,” he said, before criticizing that “until now, (Jan) has not clearly condemned (the cases of violence).”
Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Monday that the events of May 9 are “an indication of a terrorist and anti-Pakistani agenda.” “I trust that the law will follow its course and that all those involved in these terrorist acts will be brought to justice so that these acts are not repeated until the end of the world,” he concluded.
Jan was dismissed after a motion of no confidence in Parliament, approved after the Supreme Court reversed the decision of the then prime minister to dissolve Parliament and announce early elections after the refusal of the Presidency of the legislative body to hold the vote in the first instance . In November, he was shot after being shot during a protest against the new government.
