However, when they found that the door was locked, they broke the windows and used pepper spray to discourage resistance.īarrister Gohar stated that one of the personnel struck Mr Khan on the head and another kicked his injured leg. Chief Justice Aamer Farooq took up the matter and summoned the secretary of the interior, the Islamabad police chief, and the additional attorney general.ĭuring the hearing, Barrister Gohar Ali Khan and advocate Ali Bukhari, who accompanied Mr Khan, recalled the events leading up to the arrest of their client.īarrister Gohar told the court that Mr Khan was sitting in the diary branch to complete the verification process when some officials of Rangers appeared all of a sudden and tried to enter the office. The arrest created a wave of unrest among the PTI lawyers present in the IHC to welcome Imran Khan. Later, former prime minister Imran Khan and his wife were accused of accepting billions in cash and hundreds of kanals of land from Bahria Town in return for the help that Mr Khan’s government extended to Malik Riaz during the NCA investigation against him. It was valued approximately at £50m and all of the funds landed in the frozen accounts of Malik Riaz. In December 2019, Britain’s National Crime Agency had accepted a settlement offer of £190m, which included a UK property - 1 Hyde Park Place, London, W2 2LH. In its case, NAB alleged that the PTI government struck a deal with Malik Riaz that caused a loss of more than $239m to the national exchequer, in a quid pro quo arrangement with the real estate businessman. Mr Khan was required to conduct biometric verification at the diary branch of the IHC, but the Rangers contingent arrested him in the same case while he was completing this process. In addition, Mr Khan sought pre-arrest interim bail from the IHC in a National Accountability Bureau (NAB) investigation on charges of corruption in the Al-Qadir University Trust case. Mr Khan also appeared before an anti-terrorism court and the judge confirmed his bail in seven different cases. The PTI chief was scheduled to appear before the IHC chief justice in connection with his petitions seeking to quash FIRs registered against him at the Ramna police station for inciting mutiny and with the Secretariat police over violence outside the Election Commission of Pakistan. In a surprise move, Rangers detained Imran Khan from the high court in an operation that lasted barely three minutes and whisked him away in a black vehicle. Further hearing was adjourned till May 16. IHC Chief Justice Aamer Farooq issued contempt notices to both these officials and directed the registrar’s office to get a case registered over the ransacking of the court premises.Īfter an inquiry by the registrar, responsibility will be fixed in the case and a senior officer would be appointed to register an FIR in this regard. The way Mr Khan was arrested also prompted the Islamabad High Court to initiate contempt proceedings against the interior secretary and the police chief of Islamabad for mishandling the arrest, though it agreed the detention was made within the parameters. Police fired teargas and water cannon to disperse Mr Khan’s supporters in Karachi and Lahore, while protesters blocked roads in Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Peshawar, Faisalabad, Multan, Quetta, etc. Some protesters took out their wrath on the military, storming the residence of the corps commander in Lahore and laying siege to a gate of the army’s General Headquarters in Rawalpindi. Twitter and some other social media services were also suspended on the instructions of the interior ministry. Soon after the arrest, Section 144 was imposed in Islamabad and some other places to control the law and order situation while exams in some cities were postponed in light of violent protests which continued into the night. The arrest triggered claims and counter-claims by the government and the opposition PTI, with the former defending it while the latter condemning the action. The detention which the Islamabad High Court (IHC) said was made within parameters, came hours after the PTI chairman upped the ante by claiming that he could prove his allegations that an intelligence officer was behind the assassination attempt on him. ISLAMABAD / LAHORE: The arrest of PTI Chairman Imran Khan on the premises of the Islamabad judicial complex by a contingent of Rangers in connection with a corruption case set off a series of violent protests across the country, including in the high-security zones where PTI supporters and the law enforcers faced off.
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