Govt to file treason case against Imran Khan over 'Azadi March'.

ISLAMABAD: During a special cabinet committee meeting on Friday, key federal government officials deliberated whether to file treason charges against PTI Chairman Imran Khan and the chief ministers of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Gilgit-Baltistan over the PTI's May 25 'Azadi March.'

According to a statement issued by the Ministry of Interior, the cabinet's special committee meeting was chaired by Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah. Minister for Communications Maulana Asad Mahmood, Adviser to the Prime Minister on Kashmir Affairs Qamar Zaman Kaira, Minister for Economic Affairs Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, Minister for Law Justice Azam Nazeer Tarar, including Interior Secretary Yousuf Naseem Khokhar and Islamabad Police IG Nasir Akbar were in attendance.

The interior minister, interior secretary, and IG Islamabad briefed the participants on the PTI's 'Azadi March' on May 25.

The participants discussed filing a case on sedition charges against former Prime Minister Imran Khan and the chief ministers of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Mahmood Khan, and Gilgit-Baltistan, Khalid Khursheed, according to the statement.

"However, the committee postponed the meeting to further deliberate on the matter until June 6 to present its final recommendations to the federal cabinet," according to the statement.

During the meeting, Sanaullah urged the...