May 2023 | 274 comments (274 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

dawn | Imran Khan arrested from IHC premises in Al-Qadir Trust case. Again.

IHC CJ takes strong exception to arrest taking place on court premises; interior minister says Imran failed to appear before the court despite being issued several notices.
In a shocking turn of events, PTI chief Imran Khan, who was present at the Islamabad High Court (IHC) for two hearings on Tuesday afternoon, was arrested from the court's premises in the Al-Qadir Trust case.

alrighty then

Islamabad police released a statement quoting Inspector General (IG) Akbar Nasir as saying that Imran had been arrested in relation to the case which alleges that the PTI chief and his wife obtained billions of rupees from a real estate firm for legalising a laundered amount of Rs50 billion that was identified and returned to the country by the UK during the previous PTI government.
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Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah said that Imran had failed to appear before the court despite being issued several notices. "The arrest has been conducted by the National Accountability Bureau for causing losses to the national treasury," he said, adding that Imran was not tortured.
Imran's arrest warrant, a copy of which is available with Dawn.com, was dated May 1 and signed by NAB Chairman Lt-Gen Nazir Ahmed. It said that Imran was accused of corruption and corrupt practices under Section 9(a) of the National Accountability Ordinance, 1999.
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by Cat on Tue May 9th, 2023 at 12:32:28 PM EST
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Try to act surprised. (none / 1)

SCENES AT JUDICIAL COMPLEX...Arrest of #ImranKhan #chairmanPTI pic.twitter.com/0R6rmQvDZZ
— Sumaira Khan (@sumrkhan1) May 9, 2023

by Cat on Tue May 9th, 2023 at 10:44:49 PM EST
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Dawn: World POWs "stress test" (none / 0)

SC terms Imran's arrest `unlawful', directs him to appear before IHC tomorrow, 11 May

"The manner of execution of the arrest warrant issued by the Chairman, National Accountability Bureau (NAB) dated 01.05.2023 in the Al-Qadir Trust case within the premises of the Islamabad High Court against the petitioner is invalid and unlawful," the ruling said.
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In the written verdict, a copy of which is available with Dawn.com, the top court said that the execution of NAB's arrest warrant violated the petitioner's right of access to justice and "the sanctity and safety of the court as he had already surrendered to the court for seeking judicial relief against the action taken by NAB in the Al-Qadir Trust case".
In this regard, it highlighted that the fundamental rights of the petitioner under Articles 4, 9, 10-A, and 14 of the Constitution had been infringed.

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by Cat on Thu May 11th, 2023 at 07:16:51 PM EST
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