The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf would learn from its past mistakes, former Khyber Pakhtunkhwa finance minister Taimur Saleem Jhagra said on Tuesday as he opposed the military trial of party leaders.

“It should not go there as there is no reason for that,” he said when asked whether former prime minister Imran Khan should be tried in military courts.

In an informal conversation with reporters on Monday, the incarcerated political leader claimed that there were plans to send May 9 cases against him to a military court.

Jhagra was on Spotlight with Munizae Jahangir where he answered questions related to the crackdown on PTI and the government’s decision to ban his party.

“We have made mistakes in the past. Every party has done that. In every party, there are people more loyal than the king who do not admit their mistakes. We have made mistakes and we will learn,” he said.

“People like me will try and make sure that we learn. But I am sorry we did not make any mistake that Imran Khan or any of our people should face military trials,” he said.

He went on to describe “digital terrorism” as propaganda, saying that a wrong interpretation of the term was being told to the people.

In the recent past, the government and the army have used such a terminology while speaking about the spread of “anti-state” content on social media.

At his press conference on Monday, Inter-Services Public Relations Director General Lieutenant General Ahmad Sharif Chaudhry called for stringent laws against digital terrorism to counter the propaganda against the army.

“This term cyber terrorism is related to hacking and worms,” he said and added that there were positive and negative criticisms against the army and the government in the social media phenomenon.

“Right now, the military establishment is criticised as they are perceived to have a political role,” Jhagra said.

At one point on the show, the PTI leader clarified that the PTI founder’s statement related to the protest outside the GHQ after his arrest had been denied.

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PML-N leader Danyal Chaudhry, who was also on the show, clarified that the firewall was a “filter” against the propaganda on social media.

He claimed that it was present almost in every country. “These are placement software and will help the country.”

Chaudhry rebuffed rumours of a technocrat setup and added that the government would complete its tenure.