Officers from Islamabad Police traveled to former Pakistan PM’s residence in Lahore in reference to alleged unlawful buy and sale of presents obtained from international dignitaries when he was prime minister.
Officers have arrived on the residence of former Prime Minister Imran Khan in a bid to arrest him in a case associated to the acquisition and sale of presents.
In a collection of tweets on Sunday, the police stated Khan was “avoiding” arrest after officers arrived at his dwelling in Lahore, including {that a} police superintendent had “gone to the room” however the 70-year-old was not there.
On Tuesday, an Islamabad periods courtroom issued a non-bailable arrest warrant for the previous PM for avoiding hearings in reference to the unlawful buy and sale of presents obtained from international dignitaries when he was prime minister. Khan has denied the costs.
Khan was faraway from energy in April final yr after he misplaced a parliamentary vote of confidence and is dealing with dozens of instances in opposition to him, starting from “terrorism” to corruption.
On Sunday, police officers, who had travelled from the capital Islamabad, had been seen outdoors the doorway of Khan’s Zaman Park residence within the jap metropolis of Lahore.
Khan’s supporters and members of his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) social gathering gathered of their a whole lot to protest in opposition to the arrest of their social gathering head.
Islamabad Police Inspector Basic Akbar Nasir Khan instructed Geo Information TV channel that the workforce went to Lahore to arrest Khan and never simply to serve the warrant.
Nasir added that in response to the regulation, step one of a non-bailable arrest warrant was to serve discover to the accused and make the arrest instantly.
Throughout a public occasion on Sunday, inside minister Rana Sanaullah stated the police got here to serve the warrant and can subsequently replace the courtroom.
Talking to journalists outdoors Khan’s dwelling, PTI social gathering chief and former data minister Fawad Chaudhry confirmed that the police had come to execute the warrant.
“Police says Imran Khan is avoiding arrest. Nonetheless, the police’s insistence to arrest Khan is illegitimate,” he stated. “They need Imran Khan to go to courtroom the place safety is lax and there’s a threat to his life.”
PTI vice chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi stated discussions with the social gathering’s authorized workforce will happen earlier than deciding on any future plan of action in a while Sunday.
“We’re a political social gathering, we are going to react politically. We’ll strategise. Imran Khan’s life is in danger. He has already suffered an assault, and we concern there’s one other assault deliberate. We now have to guard him from it,” Qureshi instructed reporters.
“Imran Khan has protecting bail. The federal government is making an attempt to create a law-and-order state of affairs.”
In November final yr, the 70-year-old former nationwide cricket captain was shot within the leg when his anti-government protest convoy got here beneath assault within the metropolis of Wazirabad.
Certainly one of Khan’s supporters died after sustaining bullet wounds whereas greater than a dozen folks had been injured.
Abid Hussain contributed to this report from Islamabad
