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Earlier, the courtroom had rejected Imran Khan’s plea searching for the suspension of non-bailable arrest warrant.
Islamabad:
Pakistan’s federal capital police booked former Prime Minister and Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan and his shut aide, Shah Mehmood Qureshi, alongwith dozens of supporters in three separate circumstances pertaining to terrorism, Daybreak reported.
Islamabad police registered 4 separate circumstances towards PTI leaders, activists and supporters on completely different costs, together with Anti-Terrorism Act, and arrested over two dozen folks.
The brand new circumstances got here at a time when Imran Khan is already dealing with non-bailable arrest warrants within the Toshakhana case.
Within the FIR, registered with Bhara Kahu police station, Hamid Zaman Kiani, Naseem Abbasi, Shaikh Liaqat and Chaudhry Tariq, together with 40 unidentified individuals, have been booked on the fees of making a civil commotion, and 21(i) (assist and abetment), together with Part 341 (punishment for wrongful restraint), 353 (assault or prison pressure to discourage public servant from discharge of his responsibility), 186 (obstructing public servant in discharge of public features), 506 (punishment for prison intimidation) and plenty of extra, Daybreak reported.
Circumstances have been registered at Bhara Kahu, Khanna and Tarnol police stations.
The FIR registered at Khanna and Bhara Kahu police stations blamed Imran Khan and Shah Mehmood Qureshi for the motion of PTI activists. The complainants said that the PTI activists intimidated shopkeepers and forcefully shut down their retailers. The PTI staff introduced that they have been obeying the orders of Imran Khan and Shah Mehmood Qureshi, the FIRs added.
On Wednesday, the Islamabad Excessive courtroom rejected the PTI chairman’s plea searching for the suspension of non-bailable arrest warrants issued within the Toshakhana case, Geo Information reported.
Extra District and Periods Choose Zafar Iqbal introduced the decision reserved earlier redirecting the authorities involved to arrest the previous prime minister and current him earlier than the courtroom on March 18.
On Wednesday morning, the state of affairs at Khan’s Zaman Park residence is seemingly calm following the Lahore Excessive Court docket’s (LHC) orders of stopping the police operation until 10 am. However when the courtroom resumed the listening to on Thursday, it clarified that it has not stopped police from executing the arrest warrants and requested PTI to resolve the continuing problem, Geo Information reported.
PTI staff and police clashed for almost 24 hours as Zaman Park just about turned a battleground, with the regulation enforcers attempting to get via supporters and arrest Khan, who was voted out because the prime minister final April.
Scores of individuals, together with police personnel and PTI staff, have been injured within the course of because the regulation enforcers fired teargas and social gathering supporters resorted to throwing Molotov cocktails.
Authorized proceedings towards Khan started after he was ousted from workplace in a parliamentary vote early final 12 months. Since then, he has held nationwide protest rallies demanding a snap election, throughout one among which he was shot and wounded.
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