top n ews Pakistan Political Turmoil: Former PM Imran Khan charged under anti-terror law

Former prime minister Imran khan has been charged under the anti-terrorism law bringing a fresh wave of crisis to the south Asian country the Islamabad high court has granted a pre-arrest bail to Imran khan, and he will now go to the anti-terror court for the quashing of the case the developments have once again raised political tensions in Pakistan khan was arrested after accusing the police and judiciary of detaining and torturing a close aid over the weekend since the early hours of Monday PTI leaders as well as thousands of khan supporters have gathered outside his residence in Islamabad in an attempt to prevent the police from reaching him supporters have vowed to take over if the police detain him [Music] they will have to pass over us before they can reach khan I believe they cannot do if it is impossible I think this is all media hype physically the police are not even capable of reaching here it has become the mission of our life to save Imran khan this is clearly racism force is only used when you have no arguments left with you khan is the leader of the public is crazy about him, he is rising like a tsunami no one can block the path of the tsunami these are the cheap tactics of a cowardly garment the police meanwhile say they are deployed on site to maintain law and order and not to arrest khan Pakistan's former information minister and close aid taken forward children has also urged the party's supporters to reach bani gala where the former prime minister lives to show their solidarity on Saturday while addressing a rally khan accused institutions of torturing his close ally Sheila gill they arrested they kidnapped him they took him into custody stripped and beaten I did not know for three days when my lawyers visited him they explained how badly the police beat him Islam about IG and EIG we will not spare you we will file the suit against you in magistrate zebra you should also get ready as we will take action against you, you all should be ashamed in a separate tweet the PTI's Chowdhury said medical records submitted by jail officials have confirmed torture on gill Imran khan along with Gil have been holding mass rallies across the country since the khan government was ousted in a trust vote in April this year khan has been vocal in criticizing the Pakistani government as well as the army since being toppled meanwhile the Shabbat Sharif government has banned all news channels from broadcasting khan's speeches and rallies moreover on Sunday the government even halted a YouTube stream from khan's Rahul and Hindi rally well for more in this story we're being joined by won's Pakistan bureau chief ants Malik from Islamabad axis can you just give us the latest on this what's taking place on the ground there well what we know so far is that Imran khan has been given a pre-arrest bill initially for three days uh in the anti-terror case that was registered against him yesterday by the police uh he uh his party leaders say that they will be filing for caution of the case we're yet to hear on that uh as to when he will be going earlier today we saw high drama at the Islamabad high court in fact drama has been unfolding in Pakistan since late last night when rumors and reports surrounded that Imran khan can possibly be arrested hundreds of his workers thrown the bani gala area near his residence, and they said and vowed that they would be preventing the arrest of Imran khan amidst that reports came in that Imran khan was well never there at animal at his residence, but those reports were deadly rebutted by party leaders, and they said that Iran khan was very well inside his own residence now what we know so far is the latest is that Imran khan is sharing a meeting of his party that is number one number two his chief of staff Shabbat Gil uh around through which this whole controversy of this controversial uh comment started he has been sent on a physical demand uh for two days before the police and uh we're likely seeing that Imran khan his party has arranged a seminar today later today uh, and he is likely to address over there as well Laura Anna from Osama bag thank you for the latest from there