Pak military hints at Imran’s trial under Army Act

Pakistan’s top military brass on Monday dropped a clear hint that former Prime Minister Imran Khan could be proceeded against under Pakistan Army Act and Official Secret Act over the ransacking of military installations in the wake of his arrest on May 9, media reports said. Chief of Army Staff, General Asim Munir presided over a Special Corps Commanders Conference (CCC) meeting at GHQ in Rawalpindi to discuss the situation arising out of violent protests by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) against the arrest of its Chairman Imran Khan, Express Tribune reported. Meanwhile, Imran Khan claimed on Monday that the country’s powerful military establishment has planned to keep him in jail for the next 10 years under sedition charges and vowed to fight against the ”assortments of crooks” till the last drop of his blood. Khan is likely to appear before the Lahore High Court in connection with the cases registered against him for torching the house of the Corps Commander here and other incidents of violence erupted after his arrest in a corruption case last week. The Islamabad High Court (IHC) had granted 70-year-old Khan bail, barring the authorities from arresting him in all the cases registered beyond May 9 and asked him to approach the Lahore High Court for further relief on May 15. In a series of tweets in the early hours of Monday, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief said: ”So now the complete London plan is out. Using the pretext of violence while I was inside the jail, they assumed the role of judge, jury and executioner. The plan now is to humiliate me by putting Bushra begum (Khan’s wife) in jail, and using some sedition law to keep me inside for the next ten years.” The tweets came after Khan held a meeting of PTI leaders at his Lahore residence. Khan, who has been on bail in more than 100 cases, further said: ”To ensure that there is no public reaction, they have done two things — first deliberate terror is unleashed not just on PTI workers but