Summary The military denied it had anything to do with the posters
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News/AFP) – Plea urging for action against those inciting Pakistan Army through banners and flexes in different cities to topple democratic government has been filed in the Supreme Court, reported Friday.
The plea urges the court to pursue a treason case against the alleged endorsers of a coup.
Former president of Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists, Afzal Butt has filed the plea that holds ‘move on’ campaign leader, chief of Awami Muslim League, Sheikh Rashid Ahmed, television anchorperson Dr Danish and government as parties.
The plea states that the army has sworn to not take over the country and sabotage the democratic establishment and inciting Chief of Army Staff, General Raheel Sharif to seize the Parliament is synonymous to treason.
Those who are provoking anti-democratic and pro-coup sentiments are not true patriots, the plea states.
The Supreme Court has been urged by Afzal Butt to take action against the alleged culprits under Article 6 of the Constitution.
Pakistan has been ruled by military for at least half of its history since 1947, when it was founded.
Earlier this week, Leader of the Opposition in the Senate and acclaimed law expert, Aitzaz Ahsan called for an action against under treason charges against the campaign proponents.
The military denied it had anything to do with the posters.
"Dictatorship is much better than this corrupt government," Ali Hashmi, chief organiser behind ‘Move on Pakistan’, told AFP Tuesday.
"The way General Raheel Sharif has dealt with terrorism and corruption, there is no guarantee that the next man would be as effective as him," he said.
General Raheel Sharif’s tenure is going to expire in November this year.
The posters that appeared in Lahore, Karachi and the garrison city of Rawalpindi as well as several army-run cantonment areas, were placed there by "Move on Pakistan", a largely-unknown political party founded in 2013.
