announced the prime minister Pakistani the previous Imran Khan He expects the authorities to arrest him when he appears in court on Shabbat corruption charges.
This comes after a legal controversy that lasted for several days, during which clashes erupted between Ansar Khan and the police, who were trying to arrest him in implementation of an arrest warrant that was later suspended.
Imran Khan was ousted in April 2022 following a motion of no confidence, and he faces dozens of legal cases as he seeks a return to power. An arrest warrant was issued against him after he failed to appear in court in Islamabad on March 11 to answer the accusation that he had not made public all the diplomatic gifts he had received during his tenure and made money from them by selling some, which he denies.
“I am going to the Islamabad court now. I want to tell all of you that they have made a plan to arrest me,” Khan said in a video message recorded on the highway.
The 70-year-old former cricket hero was summoned to appear in court in the Pakistani capital on Saturday.
At the same time, about 4,000 members of the security forces were deployed in the vicinity of Islamabad, and hospitals were put on high alert.
Police also raided his home in a posh neighborhood of Lahore after blocking nearby roads and suspending mobile phone services in the area.
Khan said he was vulnerable to a plot to prevent him from standing in the elections scheduled for October. He added: “The aim of their attack on my house was not to bring me to the Islamabad court, but to put me in prison.”
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He warned Khan hours before he was due to appear before the court Court from that reactions to his arrest orAn attempt to kill him would be powerful and nationwide.
“My life is threatened more than before,” he said, adding that he was concerned about the situationThe reaction to his arrest or any attempt on his life. He added, “I feel itThere will be a very strong reaction and it will be a reaction at the level of Pakistan,” he said.
Khan, 70, said in an interview at his home in Lahore before heading to Islamabad early Saturday that he had set up a committee to lead the party.Movement for Justice, to which he belongs in the event of his arrest. He pointed it outHe faces 94 cases.
For its part, the government of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif denied that it was behind the cases againstKhan. He said the army, which plays a big role in Pakistan where it took power For nearly half of its 75-year history, it remains neutralRegarding politics.
Khan stated that there is no reason to detain him now in light of his release bail in all cases. And if he is found guilty in any of the cases, then who is It is possible that a decision will be issued to exclude him from running in the elections scheduled for November.November.
He continued, “The establishment sees me as a threat at the moment in some way. And this is itthe problem”.
Police fired tear gas at Khan’s supporters who had gathered in front of the court in anticipation of his arrival, chanting and throwing stones at the police.
Earlier this week, police attempts to arrest the former cricket star after he did not appear in court, citing security reasons, led to clashes with his supporters who gathered outside his residence in Lahore, in the east of the country.
A court eventually ordered the security forces to withdraw, and Khan vowed to appear in court on Saturday.
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