ISLAMABAD: Pakistani Defense Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif on Thursday called former Prime Minister Imran Khan an “instigator” of rioters who attacked state assets and military installations to protest the opposition politician’s arrest earlier this month, and did not rule out his trial being held before a military court. The government of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif also said this week it was considering a ban on the PTI. In an exclusive interview with Arab News on Thursday, the Pakistani defense minister said only those suspects against whom “absolutely foolproof or ironclad evidence” of instigating attacks on military installations was found would be tried under army laws. The defense minister also did not rule out the possibility of Khan being tried under the Army Act and facing a military court. “There has to be a national consensus on most of the issues,” the defense minister said.

Source: Daily Nation May 26, 2023 23:38 UTC