Imran Khan to be prosecuted at Police Lines Headquarters Islamabad

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman and former prime minister Imran Khan will be prosecuted at the Police Lines Headquarters Islamabad today (Wednesday) after its guest house was declared sub-jail on the request of National Accountability Bureau (NAB), ARY News reported. 

Sources said cases relating to NAB and Toshakhana will be heard at the New Police Guest House, Police Lines Headquarters instead of F-8 Court Complex and Judicial Complex G-11/4 Islamabad.

Imran Khan will be kept at the Police Lines Headquarters Islamabad after remand and he will be investigated there by a three-member team of NAB headed by its deputy director Mian Umer.

It may be noted that a team of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), with the help of Rangers, on Tuesday took the former prime minister into custody in the Al-Qadir Trust case, prompting the IHC to take note.

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Earlier, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) termed the arrest of former premier and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan ‘legal.’

The court also issued contempt court notices to Interior Secretary and IG Islamabad for ‘vandalism’ on the premises of the court.

The plea challenging Imran Khan’s arrest was taken up by Chief Justice of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) Justice Aamer Farooq in which the director general (DG) National Accountability Bureau (NAB) and the prosecutor general appeared.

PTI to move SC against IHC’s verdict

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has decided to challenge the Islamabad High Court’s verdict of terming the arrest of Imran Khan, legal, in the Supreme Court.

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The decision was taken in an overnight emergency meeting of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) following the arrest of former prime minister Imran Khan in Islamabad on Tuesday with the help of Rangers in the Al-Qadir Trust case.

The meeting was attended by senior leadership of PTI. The meeting also decided to continue ‘peaceful’ protests across the country against the arrest of Imran Khan.

Remain peaceful, Qureshi tells PTI supporters

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Senior Vice Chairman Shah Mehmood Qureshi said that objections across the country would continue and called on the people to remain peaceful.

“Peaceful protest is your constitutional right, keep it going. But don’t take the law into your own hands,” Qureshi said while talking to the media outside the Police Lines Guest House in Islamabad.

PTI leader said that since yesterday he had been calling on protesters to remain peaceful while protesting. He made an appeal to the IHC chief justice to issue an order for his immediate recovery and appearance in the court.

Karachi’s Shahrah-e-Faisal being clear

Sindh Solid Waste Management Board (SSWMB) mobilized various teams to carry out cleaning operations on the track from the Awami Markaz to FTC on Shahrah-e-Faisal.

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The SSWMB teams are working to carry out clearing operations on Shahrah-e-Faisal, removing stones and trees barriers that are being used by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) protestors to block the track following the protest call after party chief Imran Khan’s arrest.

Moreover, large numbers of vehicle’s broken glass is present in on the road that may pose a hazard to motorists.