The government of Pakistan under Shahbz Sharif\u2019s rule has apparently been forced to release Khan through a court decision to quell pressure by violent demonstrations of Imran Khan\u2019s supporters. Indeed, Khan has now become one of the most famous political leaders of Pakistan.<\/p>\n
Before being released, Khan in a video message inside the court said that he was kept there for three hours. Khan said he has been abducted and accused the army of making security an issue for his release.<\/p>\n
Khan was arrested in connection with a case of alleged land fraud, where the court called it \u201cinvalid\u201d and \u201cunlawful\u201d.<\/p>\n
Finally Khan was free and headed toward his residency in Lahore city. His supporters lined the streets to welcome him. Khan appeared in a YouTube channel, but his speech was not aired in any Pakistani media or major tv channels.<\/p>\n
A member of his party said that Imran Khan could be rearrested anytime as he doubts the army’s intention. Zulfiqar Bukhari, a senior figure in Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party (PTI), said: \u201cHe is [expecting it], look, he has to appear in court again, I believe, on Monday.<\/p>\n
\u201cAre we going to be facing a similar sort of fiasco? I believe we are,\u201d Bukhari told the nationalnews.<\/p>\n
Bukhari, who is Khan’s special assistant during his time as prime minister, warned of a further deterioration in law and order in Pakistan, which is enduring the worst economic crisis in its history.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe only has bail in this case for two weeks and then will we see the same kind of fiasco again? Yes,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the country\u2019s Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah said that Khan might be arrested after Wednesday. \u201cIf there is a reason for his arrest, then he will be arrested,\u201d Sanaullah told Geo News, a Pakistani news channel.<\/p>\n
Khan\u2019s supporters allegedly torched government buildings<\/strong><\/p>\n Khan\u2019s supporters immediately took to the streets when Pakistani forces arrested him. After days of violent protest and unrest, the government of Pakistan accused Khan\u2019s supporters of allegedly torching or destroying government buildings and the residences of army officials in several cities, including at the army forces headquarters in Rawalpindi.<\/p>\n However, Khan has dismissed the claims that his supporters were responsible for the violence, and said that his supporters and workers have remained peaceful in the last 27 years of the group\u2019s political activities.<\/p>\n Supporters of Imran Khan clash with police outside the former prime minister\u2019s residence in Lahore. (EPA-EFE)<\/p><\/div>\n \u201cI want an independent and complete investigation on the burning of state buildings and firing at unarmed youth protesters. I want the chief justice of Pakistan to make a panel under him for this,\u201d Khan said.<\/p>\n \u201cViolence was incited by certain elements who were not PTI members,\u201d Bukhari told the nationalnews. Bukari said that at least 47 people had been killed in a widespread crackdown on the PTI and its supporters.<\/p>\n \u201cThe majority of them, at point-blank, had bullets shot at them by the armed forces in their various forms,\u201d Bukhari said. “We have about 300 people in prison and we have most of our top-tier leadership in prison as well so we mustn’t forget that. We’ve got many people injured, of course, in hospitals,\u201d according to Bukari. However, police and hospital confirmed the death of nine people.<\/p>\n Khan slams Pakistan army for jumping into politics<\/strong><\/p>\n Mr. Khan strongly criticized the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) and called on the army to stay away from politics. Rejecting allegations against him, he said the spokesperson of the army’s military wing was not even born when he represented Pakistan in the world.<\/p>\n \u201cI kept Pakistan\u2019s flag high all over the world. Never has ISPR made such a statement. You should be ashamed of yourself. You have jumped into politics. Why don\u2019t you make a political party,\u201d Khan said.<\/p>\n Khan\u2019s remarks came in response to ISPR Director-General Major General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry\u2019s statement in which he called Khan a “hypocrite”.<\/p>\n \u201cListen to me Mr. DG ISPR you were not even born when I was representing my country in the world and earning a good name for it. You need to be ashamed of yourself for calling me a hypocrite and anti-Army,\u201d he said in a harsh rejoinder. Khan, 70, also tore into Pakistan’s Army chief General Asim Munir and blamed him for his “abduction” after a court set him free.<\/p>\n These accusations are not unprecedented in the political history of Pakistan, but what is unprecedented is Khan\u2019s claim against the army generals, especially General Asim Munir, the army chief. In the last several decades, no politician had ever delivered a single word against the army chief, especially in public. Khan is the first man who is directly accusing the army chief. Khan also openly named a senior ISI general and accused him of planning to kill him. Khan survived an assassination attempt in November last year, but he received several bullets in his leg and he says that this attack was the work of ISI.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Pakistan is going through its worst historical point due to violent clashes and enormous confrontation between Imran Khan, the former Prime Minister of Pakistan and the country\u2019s army general Asim Munir. The two sides are brazen out over the principle of governing the nuclear-country with a population of over 240 million. The rift has come […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2605,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1321,736,562,766,503,828,690,128,1322,1163],"class_list":["post-2604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-middleeast","tag-army-chief-staff","tag-arrest","tag-demonstration","tag-government","tag-headline","tag-leaders","tag-police","tag-politics","tag-protest","tag-rights"],"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/harici.com.tr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/66e3b884-baf3-4a4e-94ed-9098d51e1a01.jpg\")