You are at liberty to maintain the law and order situation,” the CJP told Attorney General for Pakistan (AGP) Ashtar Ausaf Ali. He added that the SC would intervene whenever there was a violation of law by either side. The government, in its contempt petition, has also requested for a restraining order against Imran from creating a perceived law and order situation through his upcoming second long march to Islamabad’s D-Chowk.ĭuring the proceedings, CJP Bandial said the federal govt was free to take steps to control the law and order situation and protect public properties during the upcoming PTI long march. However, Imran and his supporters did make their way towards D-Chowk, prompting the government to summon the army for the security of the capital’s Red Zone. The SC had restricted the PTI from holding its Azadi March near Peshawar Mor between the H-9 and G-9 areas of Islamabad. Read ‘Azadi March’: Government had the last laugh

The top court, however, gave a “free hand” to the government to tackle the law and order situation.Ī five-judge larger bench of the SC, led by Chief Justice of Pakistan Umar Ata Bandial and comprising Justice Ijaz ul Ahsan, Justice Munib Akhtar, Justice Yahya Afridi and Justice Sayyed Mazahar Ali Akbar Naqvi, took up the federal government’s contempt petition against PTI chairman and deposed premier Imran Khan over the violation of the top court's May 25 order. The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to pass any anticipatory order to stop the PTI’s planned second long march on the federal capital.

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