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2023-05-10 India-Pakistan
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PTI workers, police clash as violence ensues after Imran Khan's arrest
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[GEO.TV] Protests erupted across Pakistain on Tuesday after Pakistain Tehrik-e-Insaf
...a political party in Pakistan. PTI was founded by former Pakistani cricket captain and philanthropist Imran Khan. The party's slogan is Justice, Humanity and Self Esteem , each of which is open to widely divergent interpretations....
(PTI) Chairman Imran Khan
...aka The Great Khan , who who convinced himself that playing cricket qualified him to lead a nuclear-armed nation with severe personality disorders...
was arrested as he appeared before the Islamabad High Court for several cases pending since he was ousted last year.
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Police fired tear gas and water cannon to disperse Khan supporters in Bloody Karachi
...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous...
, Lahore, and Faisalabad
...formerly known as Lyallpur, the third largest metropolis in Pakistain, the second largest in Punjab after Lahore. It is named after some Arab because the Paks didn't have anybody notable of their own to name it after...
, while protesters blocked roads in the capital Islamabad, Beautiful Downtown Peshawar
...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistain's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire...
, and other cities.
The workers also damaged public property and set police vehicles on fire in Charsadda, Karachi, Lahore, and several other cities after the party called on supporters to "shut down Pakistain" over his arrest. PTI wrote on Twitter: "It’s your time, people of Pakistain. Khan has always stood for you, now its time to stand for him."
Previous attempts to arrest Khan from his Lahore home resulted in heavy festivities between his supporters and law enforcement personnel.
"Imran Khan is our red line. Even a scratch on him is not acceptable," Hanif Khan, 42, a grocery store owner told AFP.
"We will sacrifice our lives, but we will free Imran Khan."
Khan faces dozens of charges since being ousted — tactic analysts say successive Pakistain governments have used to silence their opponents.
He could be barred from holding public office if convicted, which would exclude him from elections scheduled for later this year.
Video broadcast on local TV channels showed Khan — who has had a pronounced limp since being shot during an liquidation attempt last year — being manhandled by dozens of Rangers into an armoured car inside the IHC premises.
’EMERGENCY COMMITTEE’
In a statement, PTI Vice Chairman Shah Mehmood Wormtongue Qureshi
 ...a Pak political shape-changer. He is undistinguished except for his habit of periodically needing to have his lips reattached...
said a meeting of the central leadership and members of the emergency committee formed by the party chief has been convened to mull future course of action in view of the arrest.
The future course of action will be announced after assessing the situation, he added.
PTI leaders Saifullah Niazi, Azam Swati, Ijaz Chaudhary, Murad Saeed, Ali Amin Gandapur, and Qureshi are part of the emergency committee.
Qureshi also condemned the "attack" on the IHC and the alleged torture of the party chief during the arrest. He slammed the law enforcers for taking Khan into custody during biometric verification and storming the court.
The senior party leader said the party would continue to fight a legal and political war with full determination.
’IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW’
Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah said Khan had been arrested by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in the al-Qadir Trust corruption case for embezzling Rs60 billion.
"This arrest is in accordance with the law," he said during a presser.
"NAB is an independent body and not under government control."
In a tweet earlier, the interior minister categorically denied reports of inflicting torture on PTI Chairman Khan during his arrest.
"No sort of torture was inflicted on him [Khan]," the interior minister wrote on his official handle.
WHAT IS AL-QADIR TRUST CASE?
The former prime minister, along with his wife Bushra Bibi and other PTI leaders, is facing a NAB inquiry related to a settlement between the PTI government and a property tycoon, which reportedly caused a loss of 190 million pounds to the national exchequer.
As per the charges, Khan and other accused allegedly adjusted Rs50 billion — 190 million pounds at the time — sent by Britannia’s National Crime Agency (NCA) to the government.
They are also accused of getting undue benefit in the form of over 458 kanals of land at Mouza Bakrala, Sohawa, to establish Al Qadir University.
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