Pakistan Police At Imran Khan’s House To Arrest Him In Corruption Case

Imran Khan is accused of failing to declare items obtained throughout his time in workplace. (File)

Lahore:

Police in Pakistan mentioned officers on Sunday tried to arrest former prime minister Imran Khan, who’s battling a number of authorized instances as he pressures the federal government for early elections.

Officers from Islamabad arrived at Mr Khan’s dwelling in Lahore, which was surrounded by tons of of his supporters, however have been unable to seek out him.

“A workforce of Islamabad police has arrived in Lahore to arrest Imran Khan to adjust to the court docket orders,” Islamabad police mentioned in a tweet.

“Imran Khan is reluctant to give up — the Superintendent of Police had gone into the room however Imran Khan was not current there.”

The arrest warrant was issued after Mr Khan failed to seem earlier than the court docket in a corruption case on February 28.

Imran Khan is accused of failing to declare items obtained throughout his time in workplace, or the revenue comprised of promoting them.

Authorities officers should declare all items however are allowed to maintain these beneath a sure worth.

The vice chairman of Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf occasion, Shah Mehmood Qureshi, informed reporters in Lahore: “We now have obtained the discover from Islamabad police — the discover doesn’t comprise any order for the arrest.”

“We are going to seek the advice of our attorneys and comply with the authorized course of”.

Pakistan’s courts are sometimes used to tie up lawmakers in tedious and long-winding proceedings that rights screens have criticised for stifling political opposition.

Imran Khan, who was shot throughout a rally final yr, has tried to disrupt politics within the South Asian nation since he was compelled out of workplace in a no-confidence vote in April.

He has been pushing for early polls due no later than October by holding protests, pulling out of parliament and dissolving the 2 provincial assemblies his occasion controls in a bid to drive the federal government’s hand.

The nation of greater than 220 million is in dire financial straits with runaway inflation, scant overseas alternate reserves and stalling bailout talks with the IMF.

To drag the nation out of its spiral, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is battling to revive the following tranche of a $6.5 billion mortgage deal sketched with the Worldwide Financial Fund in 2019.

(Aside from the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV workers and is revealed from a syndicated feed.)