Imran Khan Arrested Inside Court, Whisked Away By Paramilitary Personnel

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    Imran Khan Arrested: Islamabad police warned of motion as PTI referred to as for protests.

    New Delhi:

    Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan was arrested today simply as he was getting into the Islamabad Excessive Courtroom for a listening to in one of many dozens of circumstances pending since he was ousted from workplace final 12 months. The 70-year-old former cricketer-turned-politician was taken into custody from the court docket premises by paramilitary forces; leaders from his get together, Pakistan-Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), have alleged that the police entered the court docket, smashed the glass window of the room the place his biometric information was being taken, and dragged him exterior. The arrest comes a day after the nation’s highly effective military had accused Mr Khan of levelling baseless allegations in opposition to a senior officer of the spy company ISI.

    Imran Khan was arrested in the Qadir Trust case (which issues allegations that Bahria City allotted land value thousands and thousands to Al-Qadir Belief, owned by the PTI chairman Mr Khan and his spouse), Islamabad Police tweeted in Urdu, including that the state of affairs is “regular”. Nonetheless, The dramatic method of the arrest has many questioning if the arrest was on the deserves of the case alone.

    “Part 144 is in pressure and motion will likely be taken in case of violation,” Islamabad police warned as PTI referred to as for supporters to take to the streets in protest.

    Pakistan Inside Minister Rana Sanaullah tweeted that Imran Khan had failed to look earlier than the court docket regardless of being issued a number of notices. “The arrest has been performed by the Nationwide Accountability Bureau for inflicting losses to the nationwide treasury. No violence was performed to him,” he tweeted in Urdu.

    Hours earlier than leaving for court docket, Imran Khan in a video tweeted by his get together doubled down on his allegations in opposition to prime ISI officer Main-Common Faisal Naseer, who he says was concerned within the assassination try in opposition to him in Wazirabad.

    In one other video, initially from 2022 and re-shared quickly after his arrest, Imran Khan calls the federal government “choron ki toli (gang of thieves)”. “…when these phrases attain you, I’ll already be locked up in an illegal case. After this, you all ought to realise that basic rights, regulation, and democracy have been buried. It is attainable that I will not get an opportunity to speak to you once more…That is why I wish to discuss two-three issues,” he says within the video posted on Mr Khan’s official Instagram account.

    Imran Khan had two days additionally claimed that Main Naseer was concerned within the brutal homicide of senior journalist Arshad Sharif.

    “Inter-Providers Intelligence (ISI)’s Main-Common Faisal Naseer tried to kill me twice. He’s additionally concerned within the killing of (TV anchor) Arshad Sharif. He additionally stripped my get together Senator Azam Swati bare and inflicted extreme torture on him,” Pakistan-Tehreek-e-Insaf chief Imran Khan had mentioned at a rally in Lahore on Might 7 from his bullet-bomb-proof automobile.

    Arshad Sharif, who was important of the Military, was killed in Kenya final October as he fled the nation citing threats to his life from the safety businesses.

    The previous Pakistan PM has evaded arrest a number of occasions just lately, together with the dramatic escape from a police raid at his residence in Lahore’s Zaman Park.

    A video displaying a swarm of paramilitary personnel surrounding Imran Khan and whisking him away to an armoured automobile has gone viral on social media. Imran Khan’s get together additionally shared the video, alleging he was “badly pushed”.

    “They’ve badly pushed injured (sic) Imran Khan. Pakistan’s individuals, that is the time to avoid wasting your nation. You will not get some other alternative,” it mentioned.

    Daybreak newspaper reported that Islamabad Excessive Courtroom Chief Justice Aamer Farooq had directed the Islamabad police chief, the inside ministry secretary, and the extra lawyer basic to look earlier than it inside quarter-hour.

    “The IHC CJ mentioned that he was displaying “restraint” and warned that he would “summon” the prime minister if the Islamabad police chief didn’t seem earlier than the court docket,” Daybreak additional mentioned.

    “Come to court docket and inform us why Imran has been arrested and wherein case,” the Pakistani newspaper quoted Justice Farooq.

    Imran Khan’s aide and his get together Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Fawad Chaudhry had earlier claimed that Islamabad Excessive Courtroom was occupied by Rangers, and legal professionals had been being subjected to torture. “Imran Khan’s automotive has been surrounded,” he tweeted in Urdu.

    PTI additionally tweeted a video of an injured man with blood stains on his shirt, claiming Imran Khan’s lawyer was “badly injured” contained in the court docket premises of IHC. “Black day for our democracy and nation,” it mentioned.

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