Govt plans to keep me in jail for 10 years: Imran: Constitution and SC under attack.

LAHORE: Former prime minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan Monday issued a call for peaceful protests against a 'threat' to the sanctity of the Supreme Court and the Constitution of Pakistan.

"All citizens be ready for peaceful protests as once again Constitution and SC destroyed, it is the end of the Pak dream," he said, taking to Twitter. The former prime minister condemned the arrests of PTI workers and protestors in the aftermath of his arrest and subsequent rioting last week.

"So without any investigation into who was responsible for arson on government building or dozens of deaths of unarmed protesters by bullet wounds, around 7,000 PTI workers, leadership and our women have been jailed with plans to ban the largest and only federal party in Pak," said Imran. The deposed prime minister has further called out the country's security forces for colluding with the federal government in what he described as subversion of the Constitution. "Meanwhile these goons are being facilitated by our security agencies to take over the SC and subvert the Constitution," the former premier said as he shared clips of people climbing over a gate and entering the Red Zone at the Pakistan Democratic Movement's (PDM) protest outside the Supreme Court.

Imran Khan accused the ruling alliance of arresting him again, claiming that they will "use some sedition law to keep him inside for next 10 years under the London Plan. The former prime...

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