One other senior chief quits Imran Khan’s occasion over Might 9 violence | World News

Firdous Ashiq Awan resigned from Imran Khan’s occasion on Friday over the latest violent and “terrorist actions” and mentioned the previous prime minister and Pakistan can’t go collectively, changing into the newest senior chief to give up the opposition occasion.

Awan, 53, served as Particular Assistant to the Prime Minister on Info and Broadcasting from 2019 to 2020.

She is the newest politician who resigned from Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) occasion.

Awan, the previous Federal Minister for Inhabitants Welfare, mentioned she was parting methods with the PTI over the occasion’s “violent and terrorist actions”.

“I imagine that the martyrs … their love and the nation’s respect are part of our religion. Those that disrespected martyrs attacked Pakistan’s basis and beliefs,” she mentioned.

“Imran Khan and Pakistan can’t go collectively,” she was quoted as saying by the Daybreak newspaper.

Her resignation got here after different high PTI leaders – together with the occasion’s Secretary Basic Asad Umar, former info minister Fawad Chaudhry and former minister for human rights Shireen Mazari – parted methods with the principle opposition occasion.

They condemned the actions of Khan’s supporters who attacked and torched delicate defence installations throughout Pakistan on Might 9.

On Might 9, violent protests erupted after paramilitary Rangers arrested Khan from the Islamabad Excessive Courtroom (IHC) premises.

His occasion staff vandalised a dozen army installations, together with the Lahore Corps Commander’s Home, the Mianwali airbase and the ISI constructing in Faisalabad in response to Khan’s arrest.

The mob additionally stormed the Military headquarters (GHQ) in Rawalpindi for the primary time.

Police put the demise toll in violent clashes to 10 whereas Khan’s occasion claims 40 of its staff misplaced their lives within the firing by safety personnel.

1000’s of Khan’s supporters have been arrested following the violence that the highly effective Military described as a “darkish day” within the historical past of the nation.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif mentioned on Sunday that these concerned in assaults on army installations can be tried within the army courts whereas these charged with assaults on civilian targets can be prosecuted beneath civilian legal guidelines.

Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif mentioned on Wednesday the federal government was mulling a doable ban on Khan’s PTI occasion following the assaults by his supporters on army installations after the previous prime minister’s arrest.

Khan was ousted from energy in April final yr after dropping a no-confidence vote in his management, which he alleged was a part of a US-led conspiracy concentrating on him due to his impartial overseas coverage selections on Russia, China and Afghanistan.