2023-05-09 10:00:56
Officials and local Pakistani media said today, Tuesday, that former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has been arrested.
Local Pakistani officials said Imran Khan was arrested when he appeared in court on corruption charges.
For its part, the local Pakistani TV station “Geo” reported today, Tuesday, that a paramilitary force had arrested former Prime Minister Imran Khan.
Archyde.com has not yet been able to verify the authenticity of the report.
It is noteworthy that in mid-March, a Pakistani judge dropped the arrest warrant once morest Imran Khan, the 70-year-old former cricketer, following he went to court following missing several hearings.
And the French Press Agency quoted his lawyer, Gohar Khan, as saying, “The court canceled the arrest warrant following Imran Khan appeared. The session was postponed until March 30.”
How did things come to court?
- Imran Khan was overthrown in April 2022 following a parliamentary motion of no confidence, and he faces dozens of legal cases as he seeks a return to power.
- An arrest warrant was issued once morest him following he failed to appear in a court in Islamabad on March 11 to answer the accusation of not making public all the diplomatic gifts he received during his tenure and making money from them by selling some of them, which he denies.
- After days of legal wrangling, Khan traveled more than 300 km from Lahore to the court complex in Islamabad, but was unable to get out of the car. A large number of his supporters gathered around the compound and threw stones at the police.
- Before that, Khan said in a video message recorded on the highway, “I am going to Islamabad court now. I want to tell all of you that they have made a plan to arrest me.”
- In Islamabad, the police deployed regarding 4,000 members in anticipation, and the police also raided his house in a luxurious neighborhood in Lahore, following closing the nearby roads and suspending mobile phone services in the area.
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