Former Prime Minister Imran Khan's politics is defined by "blatant lies" and attacks on institutions, said Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday after Khan's arrest.
Senior Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Ali Haider Zaidi was arrested by Sindh Police on Saturday on charges of "fraud and issuing threats," reported Geo News.
Khan, while addressing PTI workers and supporters, said that PTI will stage a series of protests after Eid-ul-Fitr. He alleged that the rulers planned to start crackdowns on PTI leaders and workers after April 27.
According to Business Recorder, pronouncing criticism of a government or its subordinate organisations as sedition, the crime of betraying one's state, is inconceivable in any functioning democracy.
PTI leader Murad Saeed said that lawmakers, including former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, have written to the UN calling for an independent investigation into Arshad Sharif's killing.
In a case involving terrorism and sedition, a local court in Islamabad allowed on Sunday the one-day physical remand of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Ali Amin Gandapur and ordered police to present him in an anti-terrorism court (ATC) the following day, Geo News reported.
Khan and the PTI were both listed as petitioners in the plea, a copy of which is available at Dawn. According to the report, the government was "misusing" the legal system to prevent the PTI leader from running in the upcoming elections.
Atif, the mayor of Havelian tehsil, was travelling in a car when a bullet pierced its fuel tank, resulting in a fire, according to Abbottabad DPO Umar Tufail.
PTI leader Fawad Chaudhry stated the operation was part of the plan put forth by PML-N main organiser Maryam Nawaz Sharif and was intended to arrest Khan while speaking at a press conference at the party's office.
PTI leader Fawad Chaudhry in a tweet said that Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar was giving statements every day to sit together and solve issues and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif had also asked for talks.