Dawood Ahmed:
Police conducted a raid at Zaman Park to arrest Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf (PTI) Chief, Imran Khan on Sunday. However, they (The police) ‘failed’ to find the former premier.
A police party went from the federal capital Islamabad to arrest the former premier in the Toshkhana hearing.
PTI has threatened to launch a country-wide protest if the authorities arrested the former prime minister.
The 70-year-old former prime minister, who has been recovering from a gunshot injury from an assassination attempt in Wazirabad last year, has thrice skipped indictment hearings in an Islamabad sessions court in the case.
What we know so far
Islamabad Police have arrived at Imran’s Zaman Park residence in Lahore to arrest him
They were met by a large amount of PTI workers, who massed outside his residence on Fawad Chaudhry’s call
Non-bailable arrest warrants were issued by a sessions court judge for Imran’s persistent no-shows in the Toshakhana case hearings
Police say those who obstruct arrest will be prosecuted
Islamabad police chief says won’t go back empty-handed
PTI is threatening mass protests if the arrest goes through
Rana Sanaullah says Imran’s arrest was on court orders, and not the government’s
