Arrest Imran Khan: PTI workers gather at Zaman Park. The Islamabad police on Sunday reached previous prime minister Imran Khan’s Zaman Park residence to arrest him later his non-bailable arrest warrant was issued by the Islamabad sessions court in the Toshakhana case.
Additional sessions judge Zafar Iqbal of an Islamabad court had issued the previous prime minister’s non-bailable arrest warrant on February 28.
In a series of tweets, the Islamabad police said the previous premier is avoiding arrest.
Taking to Twitter, Islamabad police spokesperson said that they have reached Lahore to arrest PTI chief on court orders. He said that Khan arrested afterward all legal requirements completed.
It specified that the PTI chief was “avoiding” the arrest, adding that the superintendent of police had “gone into Imran’s room but he was not present there”.
He also warned of legal action beside those creating hurdles in the arrest of the previous premier. “Imran shifted to Islamabad under police custody,” he said.
عدالتی احکامات کے مطابق عمران خان کی گرفتاری کےلیے اسلام آباد پولیس کی ٹیم لاہور پہنچی ہے۔
— Islamabad Police (@ICT_Police) March 5, 2023
لاہور پولیس کے تعاون سے تمام کارروائی مکمل کی جارہی ہے۔
عدالتی احکامات کی تکمیل میں رکاوٹ ڈالنے والوں کے خلاف قانونی کارروائی عمل میں لائی جائے گی۔
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PTI workers gather at Zaman Park:
Although reacting to the reports of the arrest, PTI leader Fawad Chaudhry on Sunday afternoon called all party workers to reach Zaman Park in Lahore as television reports said Imran Khan arrested in the Toshakhana case.
In a tweet, the previous information minister firmly specified that “any attempt to arrest Imran Khan will worsen the situation”.
عمران خان کی گرفتاری کی کوئ بھی کوشش حالات کو شدید خراب کر دے گی، میں اس نا اھل اور پاکستان دشمن حکومت کو خبردار کرنا چاہ رہا پاکستان کو مزید بحران میں نہ دھکیلیں اور ہوش سے کام لیں، کارکنان زمان پارک پہنچ جائیں
— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) March 5, 2023
Another PTI leader Hammad Azhar also called on the party workers to reach Zaman Park.
تمام کارکن فوری طور پر زمان پارک پہنچیں۔
— Hammad Azhar (@Hammad_Azhar) March 5, 2023
In a press conference outside Imran’s residence, PTI leader Fawad Chaudhry said that the Islamabad Police had arrived at the ex-premier’s residence to implement his arrest in the Toshakhana case.
He appealed that claiming that Imran’s arrest meant at delaying the upcoming general elections in Punjab.
“There are 74 cases beside Imran. It is humanly not possible for any person to appear in court in all these cases,” he said.
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Temporarily, Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah said that Imran arrested on the court’s orders and not the government’s order.