Peshawar:
Additional District and Sessions Judge Peshawar, Ismatullah Wazir, has expanded preliminary bail for Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Central Secretary Humayun Khan and PPP Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa President Muhammad Ali Shah Bacha until July 12. The two leaders are accused in a case related to a protest against the Khyber road and the specified tapping of a Pakistan Tehreek-E-Insaf (PTI) protest camp.
During the hearing, the petitioners’ lawyer, lawyer Gohar Rehman Khattak, appeared to the court and argued that his clients belong to a political party and were booked for staging a peaceful protest against the provincial government. He declared that protest is a constitutional right and his clients practiced this court as police responded with relay -lying charges and tear gas, followed by criminal charges.
The court, after hearing arguments, extended their preliminary bail and postponed the case until July 12.
In a speech with the media after the hearing, PPP Central Secretary General Humayun Khan said: “We have been confirmed in previous cases and will be again. FIRS was registered against us during the ‘Save the Province’ movement. PPP will continue to raise its voice against this utilizing system on each platform.”
He strongly condemned the recent US attack on Iran and expressed solidarity with the Iranian people. “PPP stands with the people of Iran. We will continue to play our role in protecting people’s rights in this province.”
He criticized PTI for its “revenge policy” and said, “We have been exposed to their political victims before and will do it again. We are not afraid of these fabricated cases and will not give up our fight for public rights.”
Humayun Khan also paid tribute to PPP leaders and workers for maintaining peace despite the provincial government’s “brutal crash” under the protest ‘Save the Province’. “PPP workers have always raised their voice against oppression,” he added.
