Imran Khan, the leader of the PTI was charged with violating numerous provisions of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) and the Prevention of Cyber Crimes Act, 2016, and a local court in Quetta on Thursday issued a non-bailable arrest warrant for him.
The arrest warrant was issued by the judge, who also instructed the police to take the former prime minister to court. A first information report was filed at a police station in Quetta against Khan for the remarks he made at a speech on Sunday about state institutions and their employees.
Abdul Khalil Kakar, the complainant, filed a police report against the PTI leader at the Bijli Road Police Station. The PPC’s Sections 153A, 124A, and 505 as well as Section 20 of the PECA were all included in the FIR. The PTI leader’s statement, according to Kakar, was an effort to undermine public peace and order.
The PTI leader had harsh words for the “state institutions” in a speech on Sunday after a team of Islamabad police had shown up at his Zaman Park home to arrest him in the Toshakhana case.
The former prime minister, who was removed from office in April of last year, unleashed his anger in front of party members and participants in the “Jail Bharo Tehreek” at the Zaman Park home in Lahore (voluntary arrest movement).
The PTI chairman added in his vehement statement that he had never kneeled before a group or individual and would never permit the country to do so.
Khan claimed that since he has no plans to leave the country, it makes no difference if the government adds his name to the exit control list (ECL).
Taking a dig at the leadership of the ruling Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) alliance, he said that their legs start shaking if their “names are put on the no-fly list”.
Khan criticized the former army chief, asserting that through a plot, Gen (retd) Qamar Javed Bajwa installed a gang of criminals in the nation.
The former prime minister claimed that there is no security threat while stating that “they” want to “remove” (assassinate) him from the route. The deposed prime minister said that he was being dragged into the courts in fake cases.
