Imran Khan Arrested / Pakistan burning on Imran, school-college-internet closed, see big updates so far

Zoom News : May 10, 2023, 09:10 AM
Imran Khan Arrested: After the arrest of former Prime Minister Imran Khan in Pakistan, there has been a ruckus in the whole country. After the arrest, Imran Khan's supporters have taken to the streets and have carried out acts of vandalism and arson in many cities. Supporters stormed the army headquarters in Rawalpindi and the corps commander's residence in Lahore. Immediately after Khan's arrest, Section 144 has been implemented in entire Pakistan for the next 30 days. An order has been issued to close the school-college. Mobile internet has been suspended across the country. Protests are going on all over the country. Imran Khan was arrested yesterday i.e. on Tuesday. Let's take a look at the big updates so far.

Major updates since Imran Khan's arrest

  1. Imran Khan's arrest has taken place at a time when two days ago he had accused a senior officer of Pakistan's intelligence agency ISI of conspiring against him. In this case, the army and the Prime Minister also hit back at Imran.
  2. Pakistan's Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah Khan has said that Imran did not appear in the court after several notices were issued in the case. NAB has arrested him on the charges of causing damage to the country's exchequer. No misbehavior has been done with them.
  3. On Wednesday morning, the protesters set fire to the house of Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. Police car burnt. Schools and colleges have been closed. The exams to be held today have been cancelled. Internet has been slowed down in many cities.
  4. According to the official Twitter handle of PTI, protests are going on in several cities including Lahore, Peshawar, Karachi, Gilgit. At the same time, according to the news of Dawn, 5 police officers were injured in Islamabad during the demonstration on Tuesday.
  5. After Imran's arrest, PTI General Secretary Asad Umar tweeted that a six-member committee headed by the party's vice-president Shah Mahmood Qureshi would decide what to do and what not to do.
  6. The Islamabad High Court has reserved its verdict on the legality of Imran Khan's arrest. The Chief Justice of the High Court said that if the arrest turns out to be illegal, Imran will have to be released.
  7. Islamabad High Court ordered Interior Minister Secretary and Islamabad Police Chief to appear in court within 15 minutes of Imran Khan's arrest. The Chief Justice said that come to the court and tell why and in which case the arrest took place.
  8. The protesters also entered the Corps Commander's House in Lahore Cantt and the army headquarters in Rawalpindi, where vandalism and arson were carried out. Looted the white peacock and other items reared inside the headquarters.
  9. Immediately after Imran's arrest, PTI supporters took to the streets. Started arson and vandalism at various places. Section 144 was implemented in the entire country to maintain law and order. After this the performance did not stop.
  10. Imran Khan was arrested when he had arrived to appear in the court in some other case. As soon as Imran Khan came out after the hearing, the police arrested him.
  11. In the Al-Qadir Trust case, a warrant was issued against Imran Khan by the National Accountability Bureau (NBA) in Rawalpindi on May 1. After this, on May 9, the police arrested Imran Khan.
  12. Imran Khan has been arrested in the Al-Qadir Trust case. The PTI chief is accused of taking bribes worth billions of rupees to legalize money laundering of a real estate firm worth 50 billion rupees.

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