ISLMABAD:In the latest twist of events surrounding the threatening speech against a woman judge, a magistrate in Islamabad has issued warrant of arrest against former prime minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan.
The case against the former prime minister was registered on August 20 with the Margala Police Station in the federal capital over his remarks at a rally in F9 Park where he warned Additional District and Sessions Judge Zeba Chaudhry and police high-ups of dire consequence, as well as the judiciary for what he had called its “biased” attitude towards his party.
The magistrate issued the arrest warrant on the request of the police on Saturday for not following the case. Imran was booked in a terrorism case on the complaint of Islamabad Saddar Magistrate Ali Javed for threatening the judge.
As the news spread, PTI workers started congregating at Imran’s Bani Gala residence. The workers also came out in different cities of the country to warn the government against arresting their leader.
Meanwhile, the Islamabad police also denied sending a team to arrest the former prime minister.
The police said that rumours were being spread of a 300-member force being sent to Bani Gala. “There is no truth in this news and it is baseless,” the Islamabad police said. It requested citizens to not “listen to propaganda”.
Islamabad police explained the issuance of the warrant was a “legal process”.
The police said that after the Islamabad High Court struck down terror charges from a case registered against Imran for his remarks, the case was transferred to a sessions court and the PTI chief had not obtained his bail from there.
The police said he had also not attended the last court hearing on the matter and the arrest warrant was thus issued to ensure his presence.
As the news spread, PTI workers started congregating at Imran’s Bani Gala residence. The workers also came out in different cities of the country to warn the government against arresting their leader.
Meanwhile, the Islamabad police also denied sending a team to arrest the former prime minister.
The police said that rumours were being spread of a 300-member force being sent to Bani Gala. “There is no truth in this news and it is baseless,” the Islamabad police said. It requested citizens to not “listen to propaganda”.
Islamabad police explained the issuance of the warrant was a “legal process”.
The police said that after the Islamabad High Court struck down terror charges from a case registered against Imran for his remarks, the case was transferred to a sessions court and the PTI chief had not obtained his bail from there.
The police said he had also not attended the last court hearing on the matter and the arrest warrant was thus issued to ensure his presence.
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