Local media reported that Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan was today taken into custody by paramilitary forces from the Islamabad High Court complex.
A video is going viral on social media, in which paramilitary personnel have surrounded Imran Khan and are taking him in a vehicle. Imran Khan’s party also shared the video alleging that he was ‘pushed badly’.
Here are the live updates of Imran Khan’s arrest:
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Pak Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah Khan said, “Imran did not appear despite notice, NAB (National Accountability Bureau) has arrested him on charges of causing loss to national exchequer. No violence was done to him.”
My reply to ISPR and the attempt by PDM and their operatives to arrest me for two reasons: 1. I am holding a rally to prevent me from campaigning for Inshallah when elections are announced. 2. To prevent me from mobilizing the masses for street agitation in support of the Constitution if… pic.twitter.com/IQIQmFERah
– Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) May 9, 2023
Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan was arrested by Paramilitary Rangers this afternoon while he was at the Islamabad High Court for a hearing in a corruption case. Visuals showed personnel in riot-control gear being herded into a van.
After torturing people and breaking the windows of the court, Imran Khan was arrested from the court premises. The country is currently in the grip of the worst kind of fascism where there is no such thing as constitution and law left.
the whole country is protesting
#behind you skipperpic.twitter.com/b5PKrpqF7D– Senator Dr. Shahzad Wasim (@dswpti) May 9, 2023
According to Dawn, Imran Khan has been arrested in the Qadir Trust case, in which it is alleged that Bahria Town diverted Rs 530 million to the Al-Qadir Trust, owned by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman and his wife. allotted land.