The Chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and former Prime Minister, Imran Khan announced the suspension of the Jail Bharo Tehreek.
Welcoming the Supreme Court (SC) verdict in the election suo motu notice on Wednesday, the PTI Chairman Imran Khan announced the suspension of the Jail Bharo Tehreek and said that the party will move forward with election campaigns in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab.
In a statement after the top court’s ruling to hold elections in the provinces within 90 days on social networking website Twitter, the former Prime Minister said, “We welcome the SC judgement. It was the responsibility of SC to uphold the Constitution and they have valiantly done that through their judgement today.”
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“We are suspending our Jail Bharo movement and moving forward with election campaigns in KP and Punjab,” the PTI Chairman added.
It is to be mentioned here that the Supreme Court asked the president in a split verdict today to consult with the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) and fix a date for elections in Punjab while the governor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was ordered to announce a date for the election in the province.
Earlier in the day, the leader of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Fawad Chaudhry had declared the verdict as an endorsement of their stance.
