Protests outdoors Imran Khan’s Lahore dwelling towards his arrest in Toshakhana case | 5 Points

Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) appealed to all get together staff to right away arrive on the former prime minister’s residence to cease his possible arrest.

New Delhi,UPDATED: Mar 5, 2023 16:41 IST

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan (File photograph)

By India Today World Desk: The Islamabad Police arrived at former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Zaman Park residence in Lahore in the present day with an arrest warrant in reference to the Toshakhana case, reported Geo News. However, the police could not arrest Khan since he was not at dwelling once they arrived.

This comes days after a periods courtroom issued a non-bailable arrest warrant towards him within the Toshakhana case following Khan’s repeated failure to seem earlier than the courtroom.

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Here are the highest 5 developments:

1). Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) appealed to all get together staff to right away arrive on the former prime minister’s residence to cease his possible arrest. Thousands gathered outdoors Khan’s Lahore residence to protest his arrest.

2). The ousted PM can be arrested after all of the authorized necessities are fulfilled, Geo News reported, quoting sources. In the arrest warrant, Khan has been ordered to be current in courtroom by March 7 after he’s taken into custody. The Inspector General of Islamabad issued an order to make sure that Imran Khan is arrested in the present day, the report stated.

3). The PTI has known as the police motion towards Khan a “mockery of justice” and accused the present authorities of making a legislation and order scenario “to delay the elections”.

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“Islamabad Police has yet again made an attempt to arrest Imran Khan. Islamabad police want to arrest Imran Khan in another manipulated case. There are a total of 74 cases. There are 28 criminal cases, which include cases under terrorism laws. All protests against the fascist government have been declared as terrorism. This is a mockery of justice. Thousands of people have started gathering at Imran Khan’s residence. The government wants to create a law and order situation only to delay the elections,” PTI’s Senior Vice President and a former minister in Khan’s cabinet, Fawad Chaudhry, informed Indiatoday.com.

“Any attempt to arrest Imran Khan will seriously worsen the situation. I want to warn this incompetent and anti-Pakistan government not to push Pakistan into further crisis and act sensibly,” Chaudhry tweeted.

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

4). After Khan failed to seem for a listening to final week, his legal professionals stated they might transfer courtroom to cancel the warrant since he was delayed after going to a few courts through the course of the day.

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5). Imran Khan faces fees of unlawfully promoting items he acquired because the premier from the state depository known as ‘toshakhana’.

A journalist had in 2020 probed about items acquired by then prime minister beneath the best to data legislation, in accordance with a report in Dawn. However, his request was turned down with a number of ministers claiming that revealing such data may damage Pakistan’s relations with international states. Several complaints and courtroom orders later, Pakistan’s ruling alliance filed a petition in August 2022 with the election fee, looking for Khan’s lifetime disqualification for not disclosing details about the items acquired from the Toshakhana as a part of his asset declaration.

The media in Pakistan started reporting that Khan earned Rs 36 million from the sale of three costly watches gifted by visiting dignitaries from the Gulf nations. The former prime minister knowledgeable the Election Commission of Pakistan that he made Rs 58 million by promoting the items he procured from the state treasury after paying Rs 21.56 million.

The items included a Graff wristwatch, a pair of cufflinks, an costly pen, a hoop and 4 Rolex watches, amongst others. Imran Khan reacted to the controversy and claimed that the items have been his, so it was his alternative what he did with them.

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Mar 5, 2023