Pakistani court docket points non-bailable arrest warrants for Imran Khan over May 9 violence

By Press Trust of India: A Pakistani court docket on Tuesday issued non-bailable warrants for the arrest of former prime minister Imran Khan in two circumstances associated to arson assaults in the course of the May 9 violence which erupted following his arrest in a corruption case.

Lahore police on May 10 registered two FIRs in opposition to Khan and different Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI ) celebration leaders on expenses of attacking and torching a ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) celebration workplace and a container.

“Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) Lahore judge Abher Gul Khan on Tuesday issued non-bailable warrants for the arrest of PTI chairman Imran Khan and six other leaders of his party in two cases of arson attacks,” a court docket official informed PTI.

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He mentioned police may arrest the former-cricketer-turned politician and produce him earlier than the court docket in these circumstances.

A supply within the Punjab authorities informed PTI that no path had come from the “top” (a reference to the highly effective army institution) as but to nab the previous premier after the issuance of arrest warrants in opposition to him.

Other PTI leaders whose non-bailable arrest warrants have been issued embrace Khan’s nephew Hassaan Niazi, former federal ministers Hammad Azhar, Murad Saeed and Jamshed Iqbal Cheema, former provincial cabinet members Musarrat Cheema and Mian Aslam Iqbal.

Khan, in a tweet on Tuesday, questioned why no investigation of assaults on the army and state installations had been carried out but.

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“Question that needs to be asked is, how come there is no investigation so far on 16 unarmed protesters confirmed shot dead by our security forces (while no policeman was injured by any bullets),” he mentioned.

“Three of the unarmed protesters, due to bullet wounds, needed to have their legs amputated whereas 9 others who’re suspected to have died, we now have no information as their kinfolk are both underground or too fearful of the police to talk out,” Khan added.

The 70-year-old PTI chief additional mentioned {that a} thorough probe would have been held by now, and the federal government held accountable in any society dominated by regulation.

“There has been no independent investigation even on the arson that took place on the 9th of May as the government is busy using that as a pretext to dismantle Pakistan’s biggest political party,” he alleged.

Widespread violence erupted in Pakistan after Khan was arrested by paramilitary personnel contained in the Islamabad High Court on May 9. He was later launched on bail.

Over 20 army installations and state buildings, together with army headquarters in Rawalpindi, had been broken or torched within the violent protests that adopted Khan’s arrest.

According to PTI, regulation enforcement businesses arrested over 10,000 celebration employees throughout Pakistan, largely from Punjab.

Khan, the cricketer-turned-politician, was ousted from energy after dropping a no-confidence vote in his management, which he alleged was a part of a US-led conspiracy concentrating on him for his impartial international coverage on Russia, China and Afghanistan.

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