Supporters of the previous Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan’s social gathering, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), attend a symbolic prayer for the folks the social gathering claims had been killed throughout a protest in Islamabad this week, in Peshawar, Pakistan, November 29, 2024.
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An anti-terrorism court docket on Monday (December 2, 2024) despatched former prime minister Imran Khan on a 14-day judicial remand in reference to seven instances associated to the latest protests by his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) social gathering.
Mr. Khan, 72, was introduced earlier than the anti-terrorism court docket decide at Adiala jail, the place he has been incarcerated for months, after the completion of a six-day police remand in a separate case about his social gathering’s September 28 protest in Rawalpindi.
Judge Amjad Ali Shah presided over the listening to, throughout which the court docket accepted Khan’s judicial remand within the New Town police station case, in addition to in six different instances.
The decide rejected a police request for bodily remand in six different instances registered between September 28 and October 5. He ordered that Mr. Khan needs to be despatched to jail on judicial remand.
The former premier was arrested in six instances associated to the protests by his social gathering. Seven instances, together with the New Town case, had been registered in opposition to him for the protests on September 28, October 4, and October 5.
The new instances have been registered in opposition to Mr. Khan in numerous police stations for giving calls of protests that resulted in violent incidents.
Mr. Khan’s social gathering launched a protest on November 24 to provide a sit-in at D-Chowk in Islamabad’s Red Zone, the place most authorities buildings are situated. The protest, which turned violent, left some safety personnel and civilians useless.
The protest was promoted by Mr. Khan who on November 13 issued a “final call” for nationwide protests, demanding the restoration of the PTI’s electoral mandate, the discharge of detained social gathering members, and the reversal of the twenty sixth Amendment, which he stated had strengthened a “dictatorial regime”.
So far, he has not been arrested within the newest 28 instances associated to the November 24 protest.
Mr. Khan was arrested by the Rawalpindi police within the New Town police after he was granted bail within the second Toshakhana case final month.
Dozens of instances have been registered in opposition to him since his authorities fell in April 2022 as a result of a no-confidence vote.
Published – December 02, 2024 04:24 pm IST
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