Pakistan Imran Khan News Live Updates: The former prime minister has been hiding out at his home in Lahore, where clashes broke out earlier this week as police tried to arrest him.
Pakistan Imran Khan Latest News Today Live Updates: Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan is set to appear before the Lahore High Court (LHC) today, vouching that he was ready to appear tomorrow before the judge handling a corruption case against him. Sunrise informed. Khan, who was ousted from his post last April, will appear in court in Islamabad tomorrow to face charges that he illegally sold state gifts as prime minister and hidden assets.
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Khan has taken refuge at his home in the Zaman Park area of Lahore, where clashes broke out earlier this week when police tried to detain him after he failed to show up for an earlier court hearing in the case. His supporters blocked the entrance to his Lahore residence with bins and roadblocks today after a Pakistani court rejected a petition suspend the arrest warrant without bail issued against the former prime minister.
Meanwhile, the president of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) said he is willing to “talk to anyone” for the good of the country, hours after the prime minister Shehbaz Sharif urged cooperation to address Pakistan’s issues, Pakistani media reported.
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Pakistani court rejects Imran Khan’s request to suspend order; Khan says he is ready to “talk to anyone” for the good of the country. More updates below.
The Express View: Imran Khan’s attempted arrest is another moment of crisis in Pakistan
The spectacle surrounding the attempted arrest of Imran Khan was the union of all Pakistan’s dysfunctions, all at once. A former prime minister, elected to office thanks to the support of the Pakistani army, turns against his patrons. Driven from office by him, he mobilizes his followers into frenzied mobs. The military and those who govern the country now fear that he could win the next elections.
The electoral commission receives the memorandum. He is disqualified from running in the elections because he has resold state gifts he received while in office. The court asks him to appear before it, and when he defies the order, a warrant is issued for his arrest. He evades arrest, for the second time. The courts give him a break. The civilian government does not want to face public backlash for detaining him. The army, which has acted as referee on previous tense occasions, is fighting timidly this time around, possibly because it is grappling with political divisions within the force. All this in the context of a massive economic crisis that requires the full attention of the government, which has not had the time or inclination to focus on governance in the 11 months since he took office. (Read more)
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First published in: 03-17-2023 09:51 IST
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