An Islamabad court said on Thursday that the police would be asked not to arrest Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan if he surrenders himself before the authorities.
\nThe party approached the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday requesting it to suspend Khan’s non-bailable arrest warrants in the Toshakhana case, but the high court directed the deposed prime minister’s counsel to move the trial court as the order for his arrest was “in line with the law”.
\nAdditional District and Sessions Judge Zafar Iqbal presided over today’s hearing where Khan’s counsel provided the court with two options \u2014 either suspend the issued warrants or issue bailable arrest warrants.
\nMeanwhile, the situation at Khan’s Zaman Park residence is seemingly calm following the Lahore High Court’s (LHC) orders of stopping the police operation till 10am today. But when the court resumed the hearing today, it clarified that it has not stopped police from executing the arrest warrants and asked PTI to resolve the ongoing issue.
\nPTI workers and police clashed for nearly 24 hours as Zaman Park virtually became a battleground, with the law enforcers trying to get through supporters and arrest Khan, who was voted out as the prime minister last April.
\nScores of people \u2014 including police personnel and PTI workers \u2014 were injured in the process as the law enforcers fired teargas and party supporters resorted to throwing Molotov cocktails.
\nLegal proceedings against Khan began after he was ousted from office in a parliamentary vote early last year. Since then, he has held nationwide protest rallies demanding a snap election, during one of which he was shot and wounded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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