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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s anti-corruption watchdog on Wednesday requested 14-day pre-trial detention for former Prime Minister Imran Khan while he appeared before a special court inside a high-security police facility here for a corruption case hearing in which he was arrested. .
The 70-year-old former cricketer turned politician was taken into custody by paramilitary group Rangers on Tuesday on orders from the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) by storming a room in the Islamabad High Court where he had come to attend a corruption case. Listening session.
The new Police Guest House located at the Police Lines Headquarters in Sector H-11/1, Islamabad has been announced as a court for the purpose of hearing two cases against Khan.
The first case is related to Kadir Trust’s claim that he caused the payment of more than 50 billion rupees to the national treasury. Khan was arrested on Tuesday in the case, which sparked massive protests across the country by his supporters.
He appeared before the Anti-Accountability Court No. 1 headed by Judge Muhammad Bashir, the same judge who convicted former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam in a corruption case of owning real estate in London. Maryam was later released in the case before the Islamabad High Court.
However, Sharif’s case is still pending in the Supreme Court as he failed to appear in court.
At the start of the hearing, NAB’s lawyers asked the court to grant Khan a 14-day remand for the allegation investigation against him. However, Khan’s lawyer opposed the plea and asked the judge to release him as the charges were trumped up.
The judge took a break after the initial hearing and was expected to issue his ruling once the hearing resumed.
Khan will also appear in the District and Sessions Court where Judge Humayun Dilawar will preside over the process. The case, involving concealment of proceeds from the sale of state gifts, was filed by the Election Commission of Pakistan last year.
Citing sources, Geo News reports that a medical report submitted to NAB showed that Khan was declared fit and that he did not complain of any pain to the doctors examining him.
Detailed security measures are in place to prevent PTI workers and supporters from gaining access anywhere near a hearing facility. Even the media was not allowed into the area, and even the leaders of the Pakistan Salvation Movement were prevented from watching the hearing or meeting their leader.
They are not allowed to enter, Vice President of PTI Shah Mehmood Qureshi and General Secretary Asad Omar. The two protesters went to the Islamabad High Court to file a petition against the police’s decision to prevent them from seeing Khan.
However, before any legal action could be initiated, Omar was arrested by the Anti-Terrorism Squad of the Islamabad Police as two new cases were filed against him for the violence he committed. PTI protests After Khan’s arrest.
“The most popular leader is treated like this in this country where the law of the jungle rules. The people of Pakistan want to see him do well, and the regime must act according to the will of the Pakistani people,” he said. Tweet from the party’s official Twitter account.
Khan’s party also filed a petition with the Supreme Court on Wednesday challenging the Islamabad High Court ruling on Tuesday night that upheld his arrest.
The newspaper “Dawn” reported that “Attorney Ali Zafar and movement leader Fawad Chaudhry submitted a request to the Supreme Court to challenge the ruling of the Supreme Court of Immigration against Imran Khan.”
The Islamabad High Court on Tuesday night upheld Khan’s arrest, saying that the NAB had carried out all legal formalities while carrying out his arrest.
Earlier on Wednesday, Qureshi said the party was working to secure Khan’s release, stressing that arrests and intimidation “will not deter us”.
He told the media on his way to the Police Line that protests were expected after the arrest, but called on people to remain peaceful. “Peaceful protest is your constitutional right, keep going. But don’t take the law into your own hands,” he said.
Qureshi said he had been calling on the protesters since Tuesday to remain peaceful. He said he told party supporters that the government was looking for excuses to file bogus cases against them. “They are looking for excuses to pressure you. Don’t give them the chance,” he said.
Meanwhile, the federal government has decided to deploy Pakistan Army forces in Punjab to maintain law and order in the most populous province, which witnessed violent protests in several cities after Khan’s arrest on Tuesday.
The decision was taken at the request of the Punjab government, according to a notification issued by the federal government.
According to the notification, “the exact numbers of troops/assets, date and area of deployment will be determined by the provincial government in consultation” with Army Headquarters.
The Pakistan Telecommunications Authority said that internet services across the country will remain suspended for an indefinite period. She confirmed that the decision to block mobile broadband services was taken under the directives of the Ministry of Interior.
Services were closed as protests erupted after Khan’s arrest.
Khan’s party claimed that at least four people were killed and more than ten injured in different parts of the country in violent clashes between security forces and supporters of the movement.
In Peshawar, protests and attacks on facilities continued for a second day on Wednesday and one person died in clashes between police and protesters at the city’s Bacha Khan Chowk cattle market.
Angry demonstrators entered Radio Pakistan and Peshawar building and looted the offices.
The Peshawar camp and the roads leading to the corps headquarters and the corps commander’s home in Peshawar were closed. All educational institutes are closed until Monday.
The 70-year-old former cricketer turned politician was taken into custody by paramilitary group Rangers on Tuesday on orders from the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) by storming a room in the Islamabad High Court where he had come to attend a corruption case. Listening session.
The new Police Guest House located at the Police Lines Headquarters in Sector H-11/1, Islamabad has been announced as a court for the purpose of hearing two cases against Khan.
The first case is related to Kadir Trust’s claim that he caused the payment of more than 50 billion rupees to the national treasury. Khan was arrested on Tuesday in the case, which sparked massive protests across the country by his supporters.
He appeared before the Anti-Accountability Court No. 1 headed by Judge Muhammad Bashir, the same judge who convicted former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam in a corruption case of owning real estate in London. Maryam was later released in the case before the Islamabad High Court.
However, Sharif’s case is still pending in the Supreme Court as he failed to appear in court.
At the start of the hearing, NAB’s lawyers asked the court to grant Khan a 14-day remand for the allegation investigation against him. However, Khan’s lawyer opposed the plea and asked the judge to release him as the charges were trumped up.
The judge took a break after the initial hearing and was expected to issue his ruling once the hearing resumed.
Khan will also appear in the District and Sessions Court where Judge Humayun Dilawar will preside over the process. The case, involving concealment of proceeds from the sale of state gifts, was filed by the Election Commission of Pakistan last year.
Citing sources, Geo News reports that a medical report submitted to NAB showed that Khan was declared fit and that he did not complain of any pain to the doctors examining him.
Detailed security measures are in place to prevent PTI workers and supporters from gaining access anywhere near a hearing facility. Even the media was not allowed into the area, and even the leaders of the Pakistan Salvation Movement were prevented from watching the hearing or meeting their leader.
They are not allowed to enter, Vice President of PTI Shah Mehmood Qureshi and General Secretary Asad Omar. The two protesters went to the Islamabad High Court to file a petition against the police’s decision to prevent them from seeing Khan.
However, before any legal action could be initiated, Omar was arrested by the Anti-Terrorism Squad of the Islamabad Police as two new cases were filed against him for the violence he committed. PTI protests After Khan’s arrest.
“The most popular leader is treated like this in this country where the law of the jungle rules. The people of Pakistan want to see him do well, and the regime must act according to the will of the Pakistani people,” he said. Tweet from the party’s official Twitter account.
Khan’s party also filed a petition with the Supreme Court on Wednesday challenging the Islamabad High Court ruling on Tuesday night that upheld his arrest.
The newspaper “Dawn” reported that “Attorney Ali Zafar and movement leader Fawad Chaudhry submitted a request to the Supreme Court to challenge the ruling of the Supreme Court of Immigration against Imran Khan.”
The Islamabad High Court on Tuesday night upheld Khan’s arrest, saying that the NAB had carried out all legal formalities while carrying out his arrest.
Earlier on Wednesday, Qureshi said the party was working to secure Khan’s release, stressing that arrests and intimidation “will not deter us”.
He told the media on his way to the Police Line that protests were expected after the arrest, but called on people to remain peaceful. “Peaceful protest is your constitutional right, keep going. But don’t take the law into your own hands,” he said.
Qureshi said he had been calling on the protesters since Tuesday to remain peaceful. He said he told party supporters that the government was looking for excuses to file bogus cases against them. “They are looking for excuses to pressure you. Don’t give them the chance,” he said.
Meanwhile, the federal government has decided to deploy Pakistan Army forces in Punjab to maintain law and order in the most populous province, which witnessed violent protests in several cities after Khan’s arrest on Tuesday.
The decision was taken at the request of the Punjab government, according to a notification issued by the federal government.
According to the notification, “the exact numbers of troops/assets, date and area of deployment will be determined by the provincial government in consultation” with Army Headquarters.
The Pakistan Telecommunications Authority said that internet services across the country will remain suspended for an indefinite period. She confirmed that the decision to block mobile broadband services was taken under the directives of the Ministry of Interior.
Services were closed as protests erupted after Khan’s arrest.
Khan’s party claimed that at least four people were killed and more than ten injured in different parts of the country in violent clashes between security forces and supporters of the movement.
In Peshawar, protests and attacks on facilities continued for a second day on Wednesday and one person died in clashes between police and protesters at the city’s Bacha Khan Chowk cattle market.
Angry demonstrators entered Radio Pakistan and Peshawar building and looted the offices.
The Peshawar camp and the roads leading to the corps headquarters and the corps commander’s home in Peshawar were closed. All educational institutes are closed until Monday.
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