At least eight Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) supporters were arrested and 20 more were booked for allegedly blocking roads and staging protests in Rawalpindi against the arrest of former Prime Minister Imran Khan, Dawn reported on Monday.
Former Prime Minister Imran Khan who is incarcerated in Attock Jail after conviction in the Toshakhana case, is being given “B-Class” facilities by the Punjab prisons department, his lawyer and Pakistan tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) alleged, Dawn reported on Monday.
On Saturday, the Shangla administration declared Section 144, imposing a ban on gatherings for a month. However, the PTI activists held a protest against the arrest of the party's chairman Imran Khan, forcing the administration to start a crackdown on them for violating the ban.
Slamming former Prime Minister Imran Khan, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Parliamentarians (PTI-P) chairman Pervez Khattak alleged that he wanted a “puppet” chief minister in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), ARY News reported on Monday.
He further said that the court directed to keep the PTI chief at the Adiala Jail but he was shifted to the Attock Jail. He added that there is a lack of facilities at the Attock Jail where "B Class" facilities are not provided, ARY News reported.
Claiming that former prime minister Imran Khan is being denied to meet his lawyers in Attock Jail, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has urged the judiciary to take action against the government's "unlawful behaviour," Geo News reported on Sunday.
Following the arrest of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan, the authorities have imposed section 144 for seven days in several districts of Punjab, reported ARY News.
“We do not know whether Imran Khan will get any legal relief. It is true that in the past the Supreme Court had sort of stood by him. But whether it will now stand or not, we have to wait and see,” Fabian said on Pakistan-Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party filing a petition in the Lahore High Court
This comes after the PTI chief was convicted and arrested in the Toshakhana case after a district and sessions court in Islamabad found him guilty of selling state gifts in violation of laws.
Pakistan Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah on Saturday said Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan is facing consequences for his misdeeds and malice, ARY News reported.
At least 19 Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) supporters protesting against the arrest of former Prime Minister Imran Khan were arrested by the police in Karachi, ARY News reported.
In a handout issued after its emergency core committee meeting, PTI said it held discussions over the future plan of action and legal measures to secure former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's release.