Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan arrested outside Islamabad High Court
Imran Khan arrested: Former Pakistan Prime Minister and PTI chief Imran Khan has been arrested by paramilitary force from outside Islamabad High Court.
Notably, before his arrest, Imran Khan took to his Twitter handle and posted a video saying that, "There is no case on me. They want to put me in jail, I am ready for it."
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Khan was taken into custody by Pakistani Rangers from outside the courtroom where he had appeared in the Alqadir Trust case. Musarrat Cheema, the PTI leader, in a video message on Twitter, said: "They are torturing Imran Khan right now...they are beating Khan sahib. They have done something with Khan sahib."
#WATCH | "Pakistan Rangers abducted PTI Chairman Imran Khan," tweets Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)
(Video source: PTI's Twitter handle) pic.twitter.com/ikAS2Pxlpw — ANI (@ANI) May 9, 2023
PTI also tweeted a video of an injured man with blood stains on his shirt, claiming Imran Khan's lawyer was "badly injured" inside the court premises of IHC. "Black day for our democracy and country," it said.
Imran Khan has been arrested in the Qadir Trust case (which concerns allegations that Bahria Town allotted land worth ₹ 530 million to Al-Qadir Trust, owned by the PTI chairman and his wife, according to Dawn), Islamabad Police tweeted in Urdu, adding that the situation is "normal".
"Section 144 is in force and action will be taken in case of violation," it said.
More details are awaited.
- With inputs from agencies
