Civilians' trial by military illegal in peacetime: Imran.

ISLAMABAD -- An undAaAuAnted Imran Khan on Thursday challenged the way his supporters are being treated over riots, urging the Supreme Court to declare the arrests, invAeAsAtigation and trial of civiAlians in peacetime under the Army Act and the Official Secrets Act as the negation of Constitution.

In a petition moved thrAoAugh senior counsel Hamid Khan, the PTI chief also urged the SC to order the formation of a judicial commission consisting of its judges to probe the horrendous and terrible incidents of May 9 and 10.

The commission should fix responsibility, besides recommending actions against persons involved in the unfortunate incidents that caused loss of dozens of lives and damage to state and private properties thus defaming Pakistan internationally.

Earlier on Monday, a similar petition was filed by Advocate Gohar Khan on behalf of PTI.

Petitions SC to hold judicial probe into 'horrendous', 'terrible' incidents of May 9, 10

Imran Khan in the fresh petition contended that the alleged imposition of an 'undeclared' martial law or calling in aid of the armed forces in Punjab, Balochistan, Khyber PakAhAtunkhwa and Islamabad was unconstitutional, unlawful and without any effect and all actions taken under the same were void.

The petition has named as respondents the ministries of defence and interior, cabinet, Prime MinisAter Shehbaz Sharif, Nawaz Sharif, Maryam Nawaz, Asif Zardari, Foreign MinAister Bilawal Bhutto-ZardAari, Maulana Fazlur RehAman, MQM convener Khalid Maqoobl Siddiqui, caretaker Chief Minister of Punjab Mohsin Naqvi, KP's caretaker CM Azam Khan, IGP Punjab and Islamabad, KP and commandant, Frontier Constabulary.

The petition said that arrests of PTI members under the MPO and their successive detention orders were unconstitutional and void and they were liable to be set free with immediate effect as their arrests were illegal, mala fide without jurisdiction and void being against the Constitution.

The alleged dismantling of PTI by forcing the party leaders to quit its membership and office were unconstitutional and void being against Article 17.

Availability of personnel

Quite interestingly, the petition contended, the respondents had been claiming before the SC in the matter of holding elections that law enforcement personnel could not be deployed due to security situation in the country. However, in response to protests...