Officers from Islamabad Police travelled to former Pakistan PM’s Lahore residence in reference to alleged unlawful buy and sale of items 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 items.
In a collection of tweets on Sunday, the police mentioned Khan was “avoiding” arrest after officers arrived at his residence in Lahore, including {that a} police superintendent had “gone to the room” however the 70-year-old was not there.
On Tuesday, an Islamabad classes court docket issued a non-bailable arrest warrant for the previous PM for avoiding hearings in reference to the unlawful buy and sale of items obtained from international dignitaries when he was prime minister. Khan has denied the costs.
Khan was faraway from energy in April final 12 months after he misplaced a parliamentary vote of confidence and is dealing with dozens of circumstances in opposition to him, starting from “terrorism” to corruption.
On Sunday, police officers, who had travelled from the capital Islamabad, have 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) occasion gathered of their tons of to protest in opposition to the arrest of their occasion head.
Islamabad Police Inspector Common Akbar Nasir Khan instructed Geo Information TV channel that the staff went to Lahore to arrest Khan and never simply to serve the warrant.
Nasir added that based on 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 mentioned the police got here to serve the warrant and can subsequently replace the court docket.
Chatting with journalists outdoors Khan’s residence, PTI occasion chief and former info minister Fawad Chaudhry confirmed that the police had come to execute the warrant.
“Police says Imran Khan is avoiding arrest. Nevertheless, the police’s insistence to arrest Khan is prohibited,” he mentioned. “They need Imran Khan to go to court docket the place safety is lax and there’s a threat to his life.”
PTI vice chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi mentioned discussions with the occasion’s authorized staff will happen earlier than deciding on any future plan of action in a while Sunday.
“We’re a political occasion, we’ll react politically. We are going to strategise. Imran Khan’s life is in danger. He has already suffered an assault, and we concern there’s one other assault deliberate. We’ve to guard him from it,” Qureshi instructed reporters.
“Imran Khan has protecting bail. The federal government is attempting to create a law-and-order scenario.”
In November final 12 months, the 70-year-old former nationwide cricket captain was shot within the leg when his anti-government protest convoy got here underneath assault in the city of Wazirabad.
One among Khan’s supporters died after sustaining bullet wounds whereas greater than a dozen folks have been injured.
Abid Hussain contributed to this report from Islamabad
