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  • Islamabad High Court permits Imran Khan to satisfy his attorneys in Attock jail

    The Islamabad High Court dominated on Friday that the attorneys of Imran Khan can meet the previous Pakistan prime minister in Attock jail the place he has been incarcerated after his conviction in a corruption case.

    The ruling got here after Khan’s lawyer Sher Afzal Khan Marwat appeared earlier than Chief Justice Aamer Farooq and requested him to challenge directives to permit the authorized workforce entry to Khan jailed since Saturday within the Punjab province.

    Marawat mentioned the attorneys weren’t permitted to satisfy the 70-year-old Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman regardless of the court docket orders, the Express Tribune newspaper reported.

    He mentioned “false accusations” of inflicting disruptions within the jail had been levelled in opposition to Khan’s attorneys, it mentioned.

    “We have said this before and we will say it again, lawyers are allowed to hold meetings,” the chief justice mentioned.

    “Failure to allow these meetings will be viewed as contempt of court,” he warned.

    The court docket additionally heard Khan’s plea requesting a switch from Attock district jail to Rawalpindi’s high-security Adiala jail, the report mentioned.

    “There is the matter of meetings and facilities at the jail before us. We will issue appropriate orders,” Chief Justice Farooq mentioned.

    On Thursday, Khan’s spouse Bushra Bibi was allowed to satisfy her husband for the primary time because the former premier was put behind bars on Saturday, whereas his authorized workforce was stopped from having a gathering with Khan.

    Bushra met Khan after the Islamabad High Court (IHC) granted her permission, mentioned Khan’s lawyer Naeem Haider Panjutha.

    Panjuthaha was granted entry on Monday by the jail authorities to satisfy Khan, however was denied permission on Thursday.

    After seeing the PTI chairman, he had mentioned that the previous premier was being saved in “distressing” circumstances and supplied “C-Class jail facilities”.

    Attock jail in japanese Punjab province is notorious for its harsh circumstances and its inmates embrace convicted militants.

    Khan has instructed his attorneys to take him out of the Attock jail as he doesn’t wish to stay in a small, remoted cell with out air-conditioning that’s infested with flies in the course of the day and bugs at evening.

    His get together has approached the Islamabad High Court (IHC) and sought Khan’s switch from Attock jail to Adiala jail within the garrison metropolis of Rawalpindi.

    Khan, the cricketer-turned-politician, was arrested on Saturday from his Lahore home shortly after an Islamabad trial court docket discovered him responsible of “corrupt practices” within the Toshakhana corruption case.

    He was sentenced on expenses of unlawfully promoting state presents acquired by him and his household throughout his 2018-2022 tenure.

    Khan has additionally been barred from politics for 5 years, stopping him from contesting an upcoming election. He has denied any wrongdoing

    Edited By:

    Sudeep Lavania

    Published On:

    Aug 11, 2023

  • Imran Khan able to spend remainder of his life behind bars, says lawyer

    The lawyer of former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, who was arrested in Lahore on Saturday, mentioned the 70-year-old jailed chief was “ready to spend his whole life in jail”. The legal professional for Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief additional alleged that Khan was lodged in a small bug-infested cell in Attock jail the place he’s lodged after the court docket ruling on Saturday got here as a blow to Khan.

    “The PTI chairman says he is ready to spend his whole life in jail,” the lawyer was quoted as saying by Geo News.

    In contemporary allegations, Imran Khan’s lawyer mentioned that the PTI supremo has alleged that police didn’t present him an arrest warrant and tried to interrupt the door of his spouse’s room after they have been at his residence in Lahore.

    Imran Khan was arrested from his residence shortly after the Islamabad trial court docket discovered him responsible of “corrupt practices” within the Toshakhana corruption case and sentenced him to 3 years in jail.

    IMRAN KHAN WITH FLIES, BUGS

    Khan’s legal professional, Naeem Haider Panjotha, mentioned that his consumer was supplied C-class amenities within the jail in Punjab province.

    Panjotha mentioned the jail cell the place the cricketer-turned-politician was infested with flies and bugs. He is in a small room “which has an open washroom”, Panjotha mentioned after assembly Khan in jail on Monday. He instructed reporters that Khan complained that he has been stored in a darkish room with an open rest room, frequented by flies and ants.

    “I’ve been stored in a darkish room with no tv or newspaper accessible. Nobody is allowed to satisfy me as if I’m a terrorist,” Panjotha quoted Khan as saying.

    The lawyer said Khan’s alleged jail situations after having met him in jail for one hour and 45 minutes within the presence of a jail official to get his signature for launching appeals towards his conviction.

    IMRAN KHAN’S ARREST

    Imran Khan was shifted to Attock jail within the metropolis of Attock in Punjab province, regardless of the court docket order directing authorities that he be despatched to Adiala jail in Rawalpindi. The verdict got here as Pakistan is heading for normal elections later this 12 months, with the present National Assembly set to finish its time period on August 12.

    The cricketer-turned-politician has been accused of illegally promoting state items for revenue value USD 497,500. Khan has denied wrongdoings, saying he legally purchased the items from Toshakhana, a government-owned treasure home.

    This is the second time in three months that Khan has been arrested.

    Earlier, he was arrested on May 9 in Islamabad from the excessive court docket’s premises within the Al-Qadir Trust corruption case, sparking violent protests by his supporters. Khan faces greater than 140 instances on quite a few expenses, together with terrorism, blasphemy, corruption and homicide.

    Published On:

    Aug 8, 2023

  • Imran Khan’s legal professionals say they’re being denied entry to former Pakistan PM

    By Reuters: Pakistani former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s legal professionals couldn’t attain him on Sunday after he spent the night time in a jail close to the capital following his arrest the day prior to this on a corruption conviction, a spokesperson mentioned.

    Khan was taken by police from his residence within the japanese metropolis of Lahore on Saturday and transferred to the jail simply exterior Islamabad, the place a court docket had convicted him of expenses arising over the sale of state items. The conviction seemingly means the cricket star-turned-politician will probably be disqualified from operating in a nationwide election.

    “Attock prison is a ‘No Go’ area for (his) legal team as well as locals in the vicinity,” mentioned Naeem Haider Panjotha, Khan’s spokesperson for authorized affairs, including they have been unable to take him meals or prepare the signing of authorized paperwork.

    Pakistan’s data minister referred a request for touch upon Khan’s entry to his legal professionals to provincial authorities in Punjab, the place the jail is positioned. Punjab’s prime data official couldn’t instantly be reached for remark.

    It was not clear whether or not Khan would seem in court docket on Monday, after a trial court docket’s shock weekend choice sentencing him to 3 years in jail.

    The arrest was the newest in a collection of blows which have weakened Khan’s political standing, after he fell out with Pakistan’s highly effective navy and his celebration splintered.

    His Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) celebration mentioned it had filed appeals in larger courts over the choice.

    The nationwide response was largely quiet, a distinction to widespread violent clashes that plunged the nation into turmoil after Khan’s several-day arrest in May, regardless of calls by his celebration on Saturday for nationwide peaceable protests.

    Thousands of Khan’s aides and supporters have been arrested since May, in response to the inside minister. Many pro-Khan parliamentarians have been additionally arrested and have distanced themselves from Khan, with some resigning from politics.

    His arrest got here days earlier than the federal government was anticipated to dissolve parliament, which might usually result in elections by November. But the federal government selected Saturday to make use of the newest census as a part of election process, probably delaying the vote.

    Britain’s overseas workplace mentioned on Saturday it was carefully monitoring the state of affairs and supported democratic rules. Pakistan’s authorities denies Khan’s arrest was associated to the election.

    Legal specialists say the conviction means Khan would seemingly be disqualified from politics for 5 years.

    His vice chairman, former overseas minister, Shah Mahmood Qureshi, has taken the helm of PTI in his absence.

  • Imran Khan’s supporters stage protest after former Pakistan PM’s arrest

    Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan was arrested on Saturday after an Islamabad trial courtroom discovered him responsible of “corrupt practices” within the Toshakhana corruption case and sentenced him to three-year imprisonment. Shortly after Imran Khan was arrested from his residence in Lahore, his supporters took to the streets to stage a protest towards his conviction.

  • ‘Keep protesting till…’: Imran Khan to supporters in pre-arrest video

    By India Today World Desk: Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan was arrested on Saturday after a courtroom in Islamabad sentenced him to a few years in jail in reference to the Toshakhana case. Imran Khan has been accused of illegally promoting presents from heads of state price a whole lot of thousands and thousands of rupees.

    Imran Khan was arrested for the second time in three months. Shortly after his arrest, a video was posted on Imran Khan’s official X (previously Twitter) account.

    In the video recorded previous to his arrest, Imran Khan urged his supporters to not sit quietly at house and proceed protesting for his or her rights.

    Imran Khan stated, “My Pakistanis, by the time this message reaches you, I will be arrested and put in jail. My only appeal to you is not to sit quietly at home. The struggle that I am going through, it is not for myself, it is for you. This struggle is for your generations. If you don’t stand up for your rights, (but) live the life of a slave…Mind you, slaves have no life of their own. Slaves are like ants on land. They don’t make it to greater heights.”

    “This is a battle of justice, your rights, and freedom. Always remember that no one offers freedom on a plate. You keep protesting until you get your rights. And the biggest fundamental right is to elect the government of your choice through ballot,” Imran Khan might be heard saying within the video.

    Pakistan is more likely to maintain basic elections within the coming months as the present authorities’s time period will finish on August 12.

    The video was posted on social media with the caption: “Message of Chairman, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf: My arrest was anticipated so I recorded this message earlier than my arrest. This is one other step in direction of the implementation of the London Plan, however I would like my employees to stay calm, steadfast and powerful. We don’t bow right down to anybody besides the Almighty God.”

    Meanwhile, safety has been beefed up and heavy police contingents have been deployed on all primary roads and buildings in Lahore within the wake of Imran Khan’s arrest.

    WHY WAS IMRAN KHAN ARRESTED?

    A courtroom in Pakistan sentenced Imran Khan to a few years in jail within the Toshakhana case. The courtroom additionally barred Imran Khan from collaborating in energetic politics for 5 years.

    Toshakhana is a Pakistan authorities division which shops presents and different costly objects acquired by authorities officers. Imran Khan has been accused of shopping for a number of helpful presents and promoting them for undeclared revenue.

    As per information launched by the Pakistan authorities, Imran Khan had acquired a number of costly presents whereas he was in energy, together with 5 costly wristwatches, together with a Graff watch, price 3.8 million Pakistani rupees (PKR) — round Rs 1.1 million at present charges. Imran Khan retained these presents in October 2018 after paying 1 / 4 of 1,000,000.

    The trial courtroom on Saturday held that Imran Khan had “deliberately submitted fake details” of the presents to the Election Commission of Pakistan and had been concerned in corruption.

    Sentencing Imran Khan to a few years in jail, the Additional Judge Humayun Dilawar of the Islamabad-based district and classes choose additionally imposed a nice of Rs100,000 on the previous Pakistan PM, including that the 70-year-old chief could be stored in jail for an additional six months if didn’t pay the nice.

  • Death lure was laid…: Imran Khan claims he might be killed in court docket, seeks digital listening to

    Pakistan’s ousted prime minister Imran Khan has requested the nation’s chief justice to permit him to hitch court docket proceedings nearly in circumstances registered in opposition to him. He claimed he might be killed if he deposed bodily.

    New Delhi,UPDATED: Mar 21, 2023 08:55 IST

    Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has urged the Chief Justice to membership the circumstances registered in opposition to him (Photo: AP/File)

    By India Today World Desk: Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, dealing with warmth in additional than 100 circumstances, has claimed that he might be killed throughout court docket depositions and has requested the chief justice to permit him to look nearly. The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman alleged on Monday {that a} “death trap” was laid out at the Federal Judicial Complex (FJC), where he arrived on Saturday to attend a hearing in the Toshakhana case.

    The cricketer-turned-politician went on to claim that “na maloom afraad” (unknown people) were stationed outside to kill him, The Dawn reported. The embattled PTI chief in a letter to Chief Justice of Pakistan Umar Atta Bandial requested to club the cases registered against him.

    Imran Khan was in the crosshairs for buying gifts, including an expensive Graff wristwatch he had received as the premier at a discounted price from the state depository called Toshakhana and selling them for profit.

    He was also disqualified by the Election Commission of Pakistan for not revealing the details of the case. The election body later filed a complaint with the district court to punish him under criminal laws but Khan has skipped several court summons in the case.

    Last Saturday, when Khan went to Islamabad high court for hearing in the Toshakhana case, high drama was witnessed outside the court. His arrest warrant was cancelled after ADSJ Zafar Iqbal allowed him to leave after marking his attendance at the court, due to clashes between Islamabad Police and PTI workers outside the judicial complex.

    Imran Khan has also been booked in close to 100 cases facing charges like terrorism, murder, blasphemy, attempted murder and treason.

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    ‘DEATH TRAP WAS LAID’

    “A loss of life lure was laid out on the Federal Judicial Complex, Islamabad on Saturday final the place I needed to attend a listening to within the Toshakhana presents case. Some 20 namaloom afraad (unknown folks) — a reference to intelligence companies males — had been current within the complicated to kill me,” Khan mentioned throughout an handle to the nation on Monday.

    Shortly I’ll expose how I virtually walked right into a loss of life lure & the plot to kill me within the Judicial Complex; and the way Almighty Allah saved me within the nick of time.
    — Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) March 20, 2023

    “It wasn’t [to put me in] jail however to kill [me]. If I hold being uncovered like this then it gained’t take too lengthy, they are going to be profitable after which who might be accountable?”, he mentioned.

    During the handle, he additionally performed a video which confirmed the purported suspects in civil garments current within the judicial complicated carrying plastic handcuffs, reported information company PTI. He alleged these males deliberate to strangulate Khan with the rope they had been holding.

    میں جب پیشی پر گیا وہاں پر موجود نامعلوم افراد نے اچانک سے میری گاڑی کے اوپر پتھراو اور شیلنگ شروع کردی، میں یہ سوال پوچھتا ہوں کہ یہ نامعلوم افراد وہاں پر کیسے پہنچے ؟#PakUnderFascism pic.twitter.com/Fow8Wyru7x
    — PTI (@PTIofficial) March 21, 2023

    Imran Khan has additionally urged the CJP to research how these 20 or so “unknown people” managed to enter the excessive safety zone (judicial complicated).

    Continuing his tirade in opposition to the Shehbaz-Shariff authorities, Khan claimed, “Attempts are being made to pit my party against the army and at the same time the PMLN-led coalition government is trying its best to turn the army against me and PTI.”

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    CLASH BETWEEN PTI WORKERS, COPS

    Clashes have damaged out PTI supporters and staff and law-enforcement companies in Lahore and Islamabad throughout court docket appearances and makes an attempt to arrest Imran Khan over the previous one week.

    Scores of PTI staff and policemen have been injured in these clashes. Police have arrested greater than 300 PTI staff from Lahore, Rawalpindi and Islamabad and slapped terrorism fees on them.

    All these circumstances have been instituted in opposition to Khan over the last 11 months when the PMLN-led authorities got here to energy after ousting him by means of a vote of no confidence.

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    (With PTI inputs)

    Published On:

    Mar 21, 2023

  • Pak court docket cancels Imran Khan’s arrest warrant in Toshakhana case amidst clashes between police, PTI staff

    By Press Trust of India: A Pakistani choose on Saturday cancelled former premier Imran Khan’s arrest warrants within the Toshakhana corruption case and allowed him to go residence with out indicting him, amidst clashes between his supporters and police outdoors the court docket complicated right here.

    Khan arrived on the Islamabad Judicial Complex from Lahore to look earlier than the court docket of Additional District and Sessions Judge Zafar Iqbal to attend proceedings on a grievance filed by the Election Commission of Pakistan for allegedly concealing particulars of presents in his belongings declarations.

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    Judge Iqbal after ready for hours for the 70-year-old chief of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) social gathering to achieve the court docket agreed with the suggestion by his lawyer to get the signature of the previous premier on the attendance sheet in his automobile to adjust to the court docket orders of in-person presence.

    The choose allowed Khan to return to Lahore after marking his attendance outdoors the Islamabad Judicial Complex the place he was set to be indicted within the Toshakhana case.

    “The situation as it is, the hearing and appearance cannot proceed that is why all those who have gathered here should disperse after marking attendance. There is no need for shelling or pelting, the hearing cannot be held today,” the judge was quoted as saying by Dawn newspaper.

    Judge Iqbal also cancelled the arrest warrants issued against Khan in the Toshakhana case and adjourned the hearing till March 30 due to the chaos following clashes between police and PTI workers.

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    The people inside the courtroom were facing difficulties due to the effects of the teargas while PTI party workers pelted stones at the court complex.

    Senior PTI leader Shah Mahmood Qureshi confirmed to the media that all legal formalities regarding Khan’s appearance in the court had been fulfilled and he was leaving the premises. Thus, Khan went away without his indictment in the case.

    Khan earlier reached the court premises but his efforts to reach the courtroom were thwarted due to the deteriorating law and order situation.

    Khan had warned in a video message that he was expecting an attempt to arrest him.

    Pemra – the electronic media watchdog- had banned television coverage of the Judicial Complex and political rallies.

    “Another day in lifetime of Pakistan has handed with out disaster. […] Narrow escape. Any main accident may have occurred,” tweeted President Arif Alvi, who belongs to Khan’s social gathering.

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    Alvi known as on all politicians to work collectively to take the nation out of its present points.

    Meanwhile, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz Senior Vice President Maryam Nawaz quipped at Khan, saying he was a “jackal who is scared of getting arrested which is why he is refusing to come outside of his car.”

    Earlier, clashes erupted between safety forces and Khan’s supporters outdoors the judicial complicated forward of his look earlier than the court docket.

    Islamabad police chief Akbar Nasir Khan advised the media that Khan’s supporters resorted to violence, pelted stones on the police and in addition set on fireplace a police picket.

    “Our force is tackling the situation with patience,” he mentioned, including that Khan was simply 5 minutes away from driving to the court docket.

    Stringent safety measures have been carried out outdoors the judicial complicated in Islamabad’s G-11, the place Khan appeared.

    A big contingent of police was deployed to the world to supply safety for Khan, who survived an assassination try in November final yr.

    Khan arrived in Islamabad from Lahore to look earlier than the court docket. He was accompanied by his supporters in a convoy. At least three automobiles in his convoy additionally met with an accident close to the Kalar Kahar space on the M-2 motorway however no casualties have been reported.

    He appeared earlier than Lahore High Court on Friday and guaranteed that he was able to current himself on Saturday earlier than Judge Iqbal dealing with the corruption case towards him.

    Khan has been within the dock for getting presents, together with an costly Graff wristwatch, he obtained because the premier at a reduced worth from the state depository known as Toshakhana and promoting them for revenue.

    Meanwhile, over 10,000 armed Punjab police personnel launched a serious operation at Khan’s Zaman Park residence in Lahore and arrested dozens of staff of his social gathering and claimed to have seized weapons and petrol bombs, hours after he left for Islamabad.

    The police launched the “grand operation” at Khan’s Zaman Park residence right here and eliminated all camps, and barricades erected there by the social gathering activists to stop his arrest within the Toshakhana case.

    During the operation, 61 staff of the social gathering have been arrested and about 10 PTI staff and three policemen have been injured.

    Khan’s Lahore residence remained a battlefield between his social gathering staff and police and Rangers for 2 days earlier this week over his “arrest operation” within the case.

    The PTI staff, nevertheless, succeeded in foiling his arrest try and the operation was halted on the Lahore High Court’s order earlier this week.

    Inspector General Police Punjab Dr. Usman Anwar after the operation advised a press convention that earlier the police had stopped the operation at Zaman Park on LHC order and PSL match.

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    “However, the court didn’t stop us from taking action against those involved in attacking police. Today we launched an operation at 12 noon. We faced resistance from the PTI workers however we managed to control the situation and arrested 61 workers,” he mentioned.

    The IGP mentioned that 20 rifles, together with Kalashnikov, and petrol bomb bottles have been recovered from Khan’s residence.

    Some bunkers have been additionally constructed within the Zaman Park space, he mentioned, including {that a} case can be registered towards Khan on this regard.

    He mentioned Khan’s home had been raided after police bought search warrants.

    The cricketer-turned-politician was disqualified by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) in October final yr for not sharing particulars of the gross sales. The prime electoral physique later filed a grievance with the district court docket to punish him, below prison legal guidelines, for promoting the presents he had obtained as prime minister of the nation.

    Khan was ousted from energy in April final yr after dropping a no-confidence vote, turning into the primary Pakistani prime minister to be voted out by the National Assembly.

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    Published On:

    Mar 18, 2023

  • Facing warmth in Toshakhana case, Imran Khan kinds committee to guide celebration if arrested

    Former Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan, who’s going through warmth within the Toshakhana case, mentioned he has shaped a committee to guide his celebration if he’s arrested. He additionally mentioned the present institution feels threatened by him.

    Lahore ,UPDATED: Mar 18, 2023 14:56 IST

    The former prime minister has generated fashionable help amongst Pakistanis amid decades-high inflation (Photo: Reuters/File)

    By India Today World Desk: Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan, who’s going through corruption expenses within the Toshakhana case, has shaped a committee to guide his celebration in case he’s arrested, reported information company Reuters. A car within the PTI chief’s convoy met with an accident on Saturday whereas heading to Islamabad in reference to a listening to within the Toshakhana case.

    Accompanied by a convoy of his celebration staff, the PTI chief departed from his residence in Zaman Park, Lahore, and was en path to Islamabad when the accident occurred. However, Khan’s automotive was protected and nobody was damage.

    “I have made a committee which will obviously take decisions once – if – I’m inside” jail, the 70-year-old instructed Reuters in an interview in his Lahore dwelling earlier than heading to Islamabad early on Saturday. He mentioned there have been 94 circumstances in opposition to him. He made the assertion earlier than his look earlier than a court docket that had issued arrest warrants for him.

    Khan, who has a number of circumstances in opposition to him, mentioned there isn’t any cause to arrest him now as he had been given bail in all his circumstances.

    “The establishment right now somehow feels threatened by me. And that is the issue,” the previous Pakistan prime minister mentioned.

    If convicted in a case, Khan might face disqualification from contesting the elections scheduled for November.

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    “My life is even more at threat than it was then,” he mentioned, including that he was frightened in regards to the response to his arrest or any try and assassinate him. “I feel that there would be a very strong reaction, and it would be a reaction all over Pakistan.”

    While Imran Khan was heading to Islamabad for a court docket listening to in a corruption case, police entered the house of Imran Khan, Zamana Park in Lahore.

    A neighborhood court docket in Islamabad is ready to renew listening to of the Toshakhana case in opposition to Imran Khan, who averted arrest regardless of a protracted effort by legislation enforcement personnel to apprehend him for skipping a number of earlier hearings.

    “Meanwhile, Punjab police have led an assault on my house in Zaman Park where Bushra Begum is alone. Under what law are they doing this? This is part of the London Plan where commitments were made to bring absconder Nawaz Sharif to power as quid pro quo for agreeing to one appointment,” Imran Khan tweeted.

    Imran Khan, who was shot and wounded whereas campaigning in November final yr, had mentioned in an interview that the menace to his life is larger than earlier than.

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    (With inputs from Reuters)

    Published On:

    Mar 18, 2023

  • Pakistan excessive courtroom suspends non-bailable arrest warrant in opposition to Imran Khan in Toshakhana case

    While passing the order, the courtroom additionally requested police to offer 70-year-old Imran Khan safety to look within the classes courtroom.

    Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan is an accused within the Toshakhana case. (File photograph)

    By Press Trust of India: A excessive courtroom in Pakistan on Friday suspended the non-bailable arrest warrant in opposition to former Prime Minister Imran Khan in a corruption case until March 18, giving the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief an opportunity to look in a district courtroom right here.

    The District and Sessions Court in Islamabad issued the arrest warrant in opposition to the ousted premier on February 28 within the Toshakhana case concerning the concealment of the proceeds of the state items and directed the capital metropolis police to deliver Khan to courtroom by March 18.

    The Islamabad High Court (IHC) Chief Justice Aamer Farooq, passing the order suspending the non-bailable arrest warrant on Friday, additionally requested police to offer 70-year-old Khan safety to look within the classes courtroom.

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    The improvement comes a day after Additional District and Sessions Judge (ADSJ) Zafar Iqbal dismissed a plea by Khan to droop his non-bailable arrest warrant within the state depository case.

    Khan has been within the crosshairs for getting items, together with an costly Graff wristwatch he had obtained because the premier at a reduced value from the state depository referred to as Toshakhana and promoting them for revenue.

    Established in 1974, the Toshakhana is a division below the executive management of the Cabinet Division and shops treasured items given to rulers, parliamentarians, bureaucrats, and officers by heads of different governments and states and overseas dignitaries.

    Khan was disqualified by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) in October final 12 months for not sharing particulars of the gross sales. The election physique later filed a grievance with the district courtroom to punish him, below legal legal guidelines, for promoting the items he had obtained as prime minister of the nation.

    On Thursday, Judge Iqbal dismissed Khan’s plea to droop a non-bailable arrest warrant in opposition to him and mentioned that he would halt makes an attempt by the Islamabad police to arrest him if the ousted premier surrendered earlier than the courtroom.

    He ordered the police to arrest Khan and current him on March 18 as per legislation.

    “Law is the same for everyone,” the choose wrote in his judgment after three back-to-back hearings.

    While listening to the case, the choose remarked that Khan ought to give up unconditionally earlier than searching for any favour from the courtroom.

    Khan has skipped a number of hearings within the case.

    The PTI chief has been resisting arrest within the Toshakhana case, holed up inside his Zaman Park residence in Lahore, surrounded by a whole lot of his supporters, who’ve fought pitched battles with the police and Rangers over the previous few days, leading to accidents to greater than 60 individuals, principally policemen.

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    The clashes in the end subsided after the courts intervened on Wednesday, a day after which Khan’s supporters positioned transport containers outdoors the principle entrance of his residence and outfitted themselves with golf equipment and slings to guard the previous premier from any additional police motion.

    As police laid siege to his Lahore residence, Khan had as soon as once more rushed to the IHC with a petition in opposition to the arrest orders.

    The IHC refused to intervene and requested the lawyer to go to the district courtroom and provides a dedication that Khan would seem on March 18 when the courtroom had scheduled a listening to of the case.

    Khan appeared earlier than Lahore High Court on Friday and guaranteed that he was able to current himself on Saturday earlier than the choose dealing with a corruption case in opposition to him, PTI chief Fawad Chaudhry instructed media individuals on Friday, including that “an undertaking has also been given to the court”.

    Separately, Khan was set to look within the Lahore High Court (LHC) for a protecting bail to let him journey to Islamabad. Earlier, the Lahore High Court stopped the police from any motion until 3 pm to arrest Khan.

    According to Khan, he was going through over 80 totally different instances in numerous courts throughout Pakistan.

    Khan was ousted from energy in April final 12 months after dropping a no-confidence vote, which he alleged was a part of a US-led conspiracy focusing on him due to his unbiased overseas coverage choices on Russia, China and Afghanistan.

    Since his ouster, Khan has been asking for early elections to oust what he termed an “imported government” led by prime minister Shehbaz Sharif.

    Sharif has maintained that elections might be held later this 12 months as soon as the parliament completes its five-year tenure.

    Posted By:

    Rishabh Sharma

    Published On:

    Mar 17, 2023

  • Imran Khan steps out carrying fuel masks after tear fuel shells lobbed in his yard

    UPDATED: Mar 15, 2023 15:00 IST

    Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan stepped out of his Zaman Park dwelling carrying a fuel masks after tear fuel canisters fired by police personnel landed in his yard and lawns. A video shared by Khan’s occasion, the the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, confirmed the cricketer-turned-politician chatting with supporters gathered exterior his Lahore residence with the masks over his face.  Police and different safety personnel have been seen leaving Zaman Park on Wednesday. Earlier, safety forces had fired tear fuel and water cannons at lots of of Khan’s supporters who had surrounded his dwelling in an effort to stop his arrest on corruption fees within the Toshakhana case.

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