SC rejects govt’s request to immediately stop PTI’s long march, advises talks with Imran Khan

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court rejected the federal government’s appeal to immediately halt PTI leader Imran Khan’s journey to Islamabad, and Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial suggested that the government speak with the former prime minister instead.
In the Supreme Court, the federal government accused the PTI chairman of contempt of court for his lengthy march to the federal capital.
Imran Khan is allegedly breaking a court order by making threats to assault Islamabad, according to the plea. The Supreme Court was requested to instruct the PTI leader to see that its directives regarding protests and sit-ins are carried out.
Today’s hearing was conducted before a five-judge panel presided by by Chief Justice of Pakistan Bandial and including Justices Ijaz ul Ahsan, Munib Akhtar, Yahya Afridi, and Sayyed Mazhar Ali Akbar Naqvi.