Pakistan is considering filing a treason case against PML-N leader Sardar Ayaz Sadiq.
Lahore:
The Pakistani government is considering filing a treason case against a top opposition leader for his claim that the country handed over captured Indian Air Force pilot Abhinandan Varthaman to India under pressure, a declared a high minister.
Pakistani Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Sardar Ayaz Sadiq said on Wednesday that “the legs were shaking and the forehead was sweating” at a meeting of key Pakistani leaders, including the army chief , General Qamar Javed Bajwa, in which Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi pleaded for Release Wing Commander Abhinandan, saying that if he is not released India will attack Pakistan.
“The legs were shaking and the forehead was sweating, and the Foreign Minister (Qureshi) told us: ‘For God’s sake, let him (Abhinandan Varthaman) return now because India is attacking Pakistan at 9 p.m. in the night, ”Sadiq said. , recalling the meeting which was also attended by parliamentary leaders, including those of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and PML-N, and added that “India was not planning to attack … They just wanted kneel before India and dismiss Abhinandan. “
Responding to Sadiq’s remarks, Pakistani Interior Minister Ejaz Shah said the government was considering filing a case of treason as police received a number of complaints against him.
He said those who comply with India should better go to Amritsar.
Posters of Mr. Sadiq also appeared in Lahore, calling him a “traitor”.
A number of posters and banners with pictures of Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman and Mr. Sadiq were displayed in the constituency of the former Speaker of the National Assembly. Representing Mr. Sadiq in Abhinandan Varthaman’s garb, the posters read: “Mir Sadiq, Mir Jaffar … Ayaz Sadiq.”
The PML-N reacted strongly to the decision accusing the PTI government of “issuing traitor certificates” to its political opponents.
MP Azma Bokhari, PML-N Punjab information secretary, said whoever put up posters of Mr. Sadiq’s “traitor” must have a criminal record as in past cases against the PML leadership. NOT.
The 37-year-old Indian Air Force pilot was captured by the Pakistani military on February 27 after his MiG-21 Bison plane was shot down during aerial combat with Pakistani jets during air combat.
In the early hours of February 26, 2019, Israeli Air Force jets bombed the Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) terrorist camps in Balakot in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan after the Pulwama terrorist attack that cost the lives of 40 CRPF members.
Before his plane was hit, Abhinandan Varthaman shot down an F-16 fighter from Pakistan. He was released on the night of March 1 by Pakistan.
In a speech to the National Assembly, Sadiq said Prime Minister Imran Khan skipped the high-level meeting, which was attended by senior leaders, including Army Chief Gen. Bajwa and the Minister of Foreign Affairs Qureshi.
