PTI calls for a protest amid Imran Khan's arrest
The arrest of Pakistan’s Former Prime Minister Imran Khan has ignited a major protest within the country. Asserting that the ongoing nationwide protests will continue until Imran Khan is released, his party PTI (Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf ) has instructed its leaders, workers and supporters to gather at the Islamabad Judicial Complex on Wednesday.
Protest to continue until Imran Khan is released: PTI
Taking to Twitter, the PTI in its official account wrote, “Important instructions from the party leadership: Senior leadership of Tehreek-e-Insaf and workers and supporters of Islamabad will arrive at Judicial Complex Islamabad at 8 am. The ongoing sit-ins and protests across the country will continue in their respective locations until the release of Imran Khan.”
Meanwhile, Khan’s party Senior Vice President Fawad Chaudhry said the party will approach the Supreme Court today morning to challenge the Islamabad High Court’s upholding of party chairman Imran Khan’s arrest. Fawad Chaudhry termed Islamabad High Court’s decision “surprising.”
HC’s decision is surprising
In a tweet, he wrote, “It is surprising that Islamabad High Court has declared the arrest of Imran Khan as legal, the arrest of Imran Khan without giving a decision on bail before his arrest is illegal, this decision is being challenged in the Supreme Court this morning.”
The PTI supremo, Khan was arrested outside Islamabad.
According to the media reports, the High Court by Rangers on the National Accountability Bureau’s (NAB) warrant in the Al-Qadir Trust case. Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday termed former Pakistan PM Imran Khan’s arrest “legal.”
On Tuesday, IHC Chief Justice Aamer Farooq, who had raised questions over the Rangers’ move to arrest Imran Khan from the court’s premises announced the reserved verdict, as per the news report.
The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) had started an investigation against Imran Khan, Bushra Bibi and others for the alleged gain of hundreds of canals of land in the name of Al Qadir University Trust, which reportedly caused a loss of 190 million pounds to the national exchequer.
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Charges against PTI chief
Taking notes from the charges against the Ex-PM, Imran Khan and other accused allegedly adjusted Rupees 50 billion – 190 million pounds at the time sent by Britain’s National Crime Agency (NCA) to the government, Geo News reported. The cricketer-turned-politician registered Trust for Al-Qadir University Project on Dec 26, 2019.
Protests have erupted in Pakistan after Imran Khan’s arrest. PTI workers protested in cities across the country, including Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Lahore, Karachi, Gujranwala, Faisalabad, Multan, Peshawar, and Mardan, the media reports added.
