Ashish Ranjan
Geo News reported that the Islamabad Police have arrived at the Lahore residence of former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan in Zaman Park with an arrest warrant in connection with the Toshakhana case. The police were unable to apprehend Khan because he was not at home when they arrived.This comes days after a sessions court issued an arrest warrant without parole for Khan in the Toshakhana case due to his repeated failure to appear.
Here are the 5 major points of this event:
1. Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) urged all party members to rush to the residence of the former prime minister to prevent his arrest. Thousands converged in front of Khan’s residence in Lahore to protest his arrest.
2.The former prime minister will be detained once all legal requirements are met, Geo News reported, citing sources. According to the arrest warrant, Khan is required to appear in court on March 7 following his detention. According to the report, the Inspector General of Islamabad issued an order for Imran Khan’s detention today.
3.The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has termed the police action against Imran Khan a “mockery of justice” and accused the current government of creating a law and order situation “to delay the elections.””The Islamabad Police have once more attempted to apprehend Imran Khan. The Islamabad police wish to apprehend Imran Khan in relation to another fabricated case. There are 74 cases in total. There are 28 criminal cases, including terrorism-related cases.
All anti-fascist government protests have been labelled terrorism. This is an insult to justice. Thousands of people have begun to congregate at the residence of Imran Khan. To postpone the elections, the government desires to create a law and order situation “Fawad Chaudhry, senior vice president of the PTI and a former minister in Khan’s administration, told Indiatoday.com.
“Any endeavour to arrest Imran Khan will significantly exacerbate the current situation. I want to warn this incompetent and anti-Pakistan administration not to escalate the crisis in Pakistan and to act rationally “Chaudhry sent tweets.
4.After Khan failed to appear for a hearing a week ago, his attorneys said they would petition the court to rescind the warrant because he was delayed after visiting three courts in a single day.
According to a report in Dawn, a journalist in 2020 investigated the gifts received by the then-prime minister under the right to information law. However, his request was denied by a number of ministers who asserted that releasing such information could harm Pakistan’s relations with foreign nations. Pakistan’s ruling alliance filed a petition with the election commission in August 2022, seeking Khan’s lifetime disqualification for failing to disclose information about gifts received from the Toshakhana as part of his asset declaration.
5.The media in Pakistan began to report that Khan earned Rs 36 million from the sale of three costly watches given to him by visiting dignitaries from the Gulf states. The former prime minister informed the Election Commission of Pakistan that he earned Rs 58 million from the sale of gifts obtained from the state treasury after paying Rs 21.56 million.
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Among the gifts were a Graff wristwatch, a pair of cufflinks, a costly pen, a pendant, and four Rolex watches. Imran Khan responded to the controversy by asserting that the presents were his, so he was free to use them as he saw fit.
