Khan called the judicial process a "mockery" of justice and said that the individuals who wrote the judgement leaked it to the media, undermining the integrity of the legal system.
In a statement, PTI's Central Information Secretary Sheikh Waqqas Akram announced that the party has started preparations to mark the first anniversary of the "mother of all poll robberies" as a 'Black Day' which had allowed the "power-greedy" and "self-serving" to illegitimately take hold o
Imran Khan and his wife, filed the appeal through their attorneys, Barrister Salman Safdar and Advocate Khalid Yousuf Chaudhry. Bushra Bibi appeared in person before the court to complete biometric verification.
While addressing a press conference along with adviser to the chief minister on finance Muzammil Aslam at the information department, Akram rejected the federal government's claims regarding "economic recovery" and called it "jugglery of words."
The government committee spokesperson Senator Irfan Siddiqui said he was "surprised" by Qaiser's new demands and added that that these demands were not raised in committee meetings.
In a statement, the European External Action Service (EEAS) in Brussels said, "The European Union notes with concern the sentencing of twenty-five civilians by a military court on 21 December in Pakistan."
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has formed a government negotiating committee to hold talks with the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and expressed hope that national security and the national interest will be prioritised during these negotiations.