Big Update from Zaman Park | Will Imran Khan Arrest? | Elections in 2023

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A court in Pakistan's capital will take up an appeal today, Thursday, against arrest warrants issued for former Prime Minister Imran Khan in a case regarding the sale of state gifts while he was in office.

And Supporters of Imran Khan gathered outside his home attempting to stop police from arresting him after Pakistan's former prime minister failed to appear in court in a case accusing him of unlawfully selling state gifts while in power.

The LHC deferred the hearing of the case filed by PTI leader Fawad Chaudhry till Friday against police operation at Zaman Park. As the proceedings started on Thursday, the counsel for the PTI said a trial court was already hearing the case. Justice Tariq Saleem Sheikh remarked that let the trial court announce a decision. He said the issue was related to warrants and the petitioner was not obeying the law.

A day earlier (Wednesday), the Lahore High Court (LHC) had directed police to stop its operation in Lahore's Zaman Park till 10 am today (Thursday) as the police tried to arrest Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Cheif Imran Khan.

What Just Happened.

*Pakistan Police arrive at Imran Khan’s Lahore residence to arrest him*

Lahore , March 14: Armoured police vehicles were seen arriving outside Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan’s residence in Lahore on Tuesday, a day after an Islamabad court issued directives to arrest the country’s former prime minister in the Toshakhana case, local media reported.

Heavy police presence was seen outside Khan’s Zaman Park residence with a senior Islamabad police official being cited by the Dawn as saying that police intended to arrest the ex-premier.

According to the daily’s correspondent the Mall Road was blocked and a number of PTI workers had gathered outside Zaman Park. Police slowly approached the residence behind an armoured vehicle that was dispersing PTI supporters with water cannons and tear gas. Supporters could also be seen pelting stones at the policemen.

PTI’s official Twitter account also called on supporters and workers to gather outside Zaman Park and to remain peaceful.

Islamabad Deputy Inspector General (DIG) (Operations) Shahzad Bukhari told reporters that officials had gathered outside Imran Khan’s Zaman Park residence to take the PTI chief into custody as there were outstanding warrants for his arrest.

However, the police official declined to divulge the details of the case in which Islamabad police acted against Imran. “Of course, we know of the case but why should we discuss [such] details?”, the Pakistan daily reported.

While police refrained from commenting on the case in which it was acting against the PTI chief, the development comes a day after an Islamabad district and sessions court again issued arrest warrants for Imran after he persistently skipped hearings in the Toshakhana case. The court had also directed police to present the ex-premier in court by March 18.

When asked where Imran would be taken once he was arrested, Bukhari said: “Let it first happen, then God willing we will keep you informed.