ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has been urged to order a probe to find out the truth about the letter, which Prime Minister Imran Khan brandished in his recent rally in Islamabad.

The PM, Imran Khan, while addressing a public rally of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf(PTI) workers on 27th March had pulled out a piece of paper from his pocket and waved it at the crowd, claiming it was evidence of an “international conspiracy” being hatched to topple his government.

However, the opposition believes the premier is using the letter as an excuse to woo the government’s allies and the PTI dissidents in the face of the no-confidence motion against him.

Senior Advocate Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta on Wednesday filed a petition in the Supreme Court under Article 184(3) of Constitution and made federation through Secretary Law and Justice Division respondent.

“Foreign funding is being used to change the government. Money is coming from abroad and people inside the country are being used. Some of them are unaware they are being used and some are intentionally using this money against us,” he had alleged.

The petitioner said that it was an “extraordinary situation” which may cause a law and order situation in the country by causing hatred against friendly countries.

He added that the situation required immediate steps to ease the “mental agony” of the common Pakistanis caused by the development.

“The gravity of the situation needs the attention of the Supreme Court of Pakistan to take immediate step[s] to find out the truth about [the] subject matter,” the petition said.

“It is; therefore, respectfully prayed that the respondent may be directed to deliver the ‘letter’ to the concerned civil and military authorities to investigate this threat/ letter [...],” it added.

The federal government on March 30 said it intended to take the issue to the apex court, and claimed that PML-N supreme leader Nawaz Sharif was a part of the conspiracy.

In a joint press conference, Minister for Planning and Development Asad Umar and Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry said the prime minister had agreed to present the letter to Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial.

Copyright Business Recorder, 2022