Local Pakistani officials and media reported today Tuesday that former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan was arrested Local Pakistani officials said that Imran Khan was arrested when he stood trial on corruption charges. For its part, the local Pakistani TV channel Geo reported today, Tuesday, that the paramilitaries had arrested former Prime Minister Imran Khan.
Notably, in mid-March, a Pakistani judge canceled an arrest warrant for Imran Khan, a 70-year-old former cricketer, after he went to court after missing several hearings. The French Press Agency quoted his lawyer Gohar Khan as saying: “The court canceled the arrest warrant after the appearance of Imran Khan. The meeting was adjourned until March 30.”
Imran Khan was ousted in April 2022 after signing a parliamentary memorandum of no confidence and he is facing dozens of court cases as he tries to return to power.
A warrant for his arrest was issued against him after he failed to appear in court in Islamabad on 11 March to respond to accusations that he did not make public all the diplomatic gifts he received during his tenure and earned money on them by selling some of them. which he denies.
After several days of litigation, Khan drove over 300 km from Lahore to the Islamabad courthouse, but was unable to get out of the car. A large number of his supporters gathered around the complex and threw stones at the police.
Before that, Khan said in a video message recorded on the highway: “Now I am going to the Islamabad court. I want to tell you all that they made a plan to arrest me.”
In Islambad, the police deployed about 4,000 people in anticipation, and the police also ransacked his home in the luxury area of Lahore after closing nearby roads and suspending mobile communications in the area.
