ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday directed the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to produce PTI Chairman Imran Khan within an hour.
The Court took up on Thursday Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) petition challenging the arrest of party chief Imran Khan as Legal turmoil continues to brew for the former Pakistan Prime Minister. A three-member Supreme Court (SC) bench, comprising Chief Justice of Pakistan Umar Ata Bandial, Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar and Justice Athar Minallah, heard PTI Chairman Imran Khan’s plea against his arrest in the Al-Qadir Trust case.
Imran Khan was sent to the National Accountability Bureau’s (NAB) remand for 8 days in the Al-Qadir Trust land deal case and was also indicted in the Toshakhana corruption case by a Pakistan court.
Meanwhile,
PTI leader Murad Saeed has warned that party supporters would march to Islamabad if former prime minister Imran Khan was not released today.
“My Pakistanis, I am telling you that if Imran Khan is not released today … take to the streets and change your lives,” he said in a video message shared on Twitter.
“I want to tell my brothers and sisters that you need to march to Islamabad after Friday prayers tomorrow [Friday]
As per media reports, several regions of Pakistan, including Karachi, Peshawar, Rawalpindi and Lahore, continue to erupt into violence after Imran Khan was taken into custody and several demonstrations have been planned throughout the day. Imran Khan and 1,900 members of his political party have been booked by Punjab police for their alleged involvement in the attack and arson at the General Headquarters of the Army. At least eight people were killed, and up to 290 were injured in ongoing clashes with law enforcement officers across Pakistan.