Pakistan's Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah said on Sunday that the government was mulling to file a case against former prime minister Imran Khan for issuing threats to state institutions and making provocative statements while addressing a rally here.
Sanaullah said at a press conference the government was holding legal consultations before launching any case against Khan.
Khan, while addressing a public gathering here on Saturday, threatened to file cases against top police officials, a woman magistrate, Election Commission of Pakistan and political opponents over the treatment meted out to his aide Shahbaz Gill, who was arrested last week on charges of sedition.
Sanaullah alleged the speech by the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chief was a continuation of a trend to target army and other institutions.
“This is all happening in continuation — from a campaign after Lasbela incident when six army officers were killed followed by Gill's attempt to incite army ranks to go against their top command and then Imran threatening a woman judge and police officials for performing their duties as per the law,” the minister said. Sanaullah said the interior ministry had prepared a report on the latest speech and it was consulting with the advocate general and the law ministry before making a final decision in a couple of days about the case.
His remarks came Pakistan's electronic media watchdog banned satellite television channels from broadcasting live speeches of ousted prime minister Khan, hours after he threatened state institutions and made provocative statements while addressing the rally.