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.
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.
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.
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.
The Accountability Court No.1 Islamabad Judge Muhammad Bashir heard the case and extended the interim bail till August 10 as final arguments were not given in the case due to Khan’s arrest in the Toshakhana case today.
The decision comes after former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan was arrested from his Zaman Park residence soon after a court found him guilty of "corrupt practices" in the Toshakhana case and sentenced him to three years in prison on Saturday.
The spokesperson of Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) on Saturday said that the arrest of the former prime minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan cannot be equated with other politicians, ARY News reported.