Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan. File photoNEW DELHI, May 26.Pakistan's Supreme Court on Thursday rejected the government's motion to file a case against former Pakistani prime minister and head of the Tehreek-e-Insaf party Imran Khan for «violating» court orders regarding the Independence March, Geo reported. «A panel of five person… heard a petition filed by the Attorney General, Ashtar Ausaf. The reasons for this decision will be set out in a detailed decision to be made later,» the TV channel said. />Pakistan will continue to strengthen ties with Russia, the republic's Senate said A day earlier, the Supreme Court ordered the government of the country and the Tehreek-e-Insaf party to create committees of negotiators and meet on Wednesday evening to finally agree on the conditions for a peaceful and safe march of the party to the capital. The court also ordered the government to set aside a space in the H-9 area of the Pakistani capital where protesters could gather, but the protesters gathered in Dee Chowk Square instead. However, the negotiations did not take place, since both sides claimed that the other side did not appear. The day before, the supporters of the ex-premier during the «March of Independence» advanced from different cities of the country to the capital of Pakistan. As Khan himself reported, the protest in Islamabad was supposed to be peaceful, it was planned to arrange a sit-in, which would last until the dissolution of the lower house of parliament and the appointment of a date for early elections. In turn, the government of Pakistan was determined to interfere with this march and blocked part of the roads leading to Islamabad. To increase security measures, the Government of Pakistan has authorized the deployment of troops in the «red zone» of Islamabad — the area where the main government buildings are located.Ex-Prime Minister of Pakistan demanded immediate elections In early April, the lower house of Pakistan's parliament elected Shahbaz Sharif, president of the then opposition Pakistan Muslim League (N), as prime minister. He was effectively the only candidate in the elections after the Tehreek-e-Insaf party withdrew from parliament shortly before the scheduled election of a new prime minister. At the same time, on the eve of the vote on the candidacy of the prime minister, thousands of people took part in demonstrations in support of Khan and his Tehreek-e-Insaf party. As the ex-premier himself noted, «never in our history have such crowds come out so spontaneously and in such numbers, rejecting an imported government headed by swindlers.» Soon after the appointment of a new prime minister, Khan demanded the immediate holding of parliamentary elections in the country, following which new head of government. However, the Electoral Commission of Pakistan said in late April that it could not hold a general election until May 2023.
