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g IHC UPHOLDS ARREST WARRANTS, DIRECTS KHAN TO APPROACH TRIAL COURT IN THOSHAKHANA CASE

LAHORE staff report

THELahore High Court (LHC) on Wednesday stopped the almost 24-hour-long operation launched by the law enforcement agencies (LEAs) at Zaman Park for the arrest of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan for not show up in court in Thoshakhana case, till 10am on Thursday (today).

There were clashes between PTI workers and police personnel, flanked Punjab Rangers contingents, since launch of the operation on Tuesday.

On the other hand, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) disposed of a plea filed on behalf of PTI Chairman Imran Khan, seeking cancellation of his arrest warrants issued by the trial court in Thoshakhana case.

The IHC directed the petitioner to approach the trial court for relief and asked the PTI’s lawyer to submit an undertaking regarding the appearance of Imran Khan before the sessions court which would view the matter as per law.

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A single-member LHC bench comprising Justice Tariq Saleem Sheikh passed the orders while hearing a petition, filed by PTI leader Fawad Chaudhry, seeking directions to stop the police operation in Zaman Park launched for the arrest of the PTI chairman in Toshakhana case.

During the hearing, the Punjab chief secretary, the Inspector general of Police (IgP) and others officers appeared before the court on being summoned.

To a court query, the Punjab IgP submitted that the Islamabad police had sought assistance for the arrest of the PTI chairman in Toshakhana case, following is-

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water cannon and tear gas. However, the PTI workers used petrol bombs, which destroyed two police vehicles, he said and added that not only Elite force but also vehicles of rangers were also attacked. He submitted that the Islamabad police officers and SP Amara Shirazi were also attacked. The IgP submitted: “We wanted to arrest those responsible for torture of police and stopping the police from carrying out its duties.”

At this stage, the chief secretary Punjab submitted that the IgP Punjab had informed the court about the situation in detail.

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suance of his non-bailable arrest warrants by the trial court. He submitted that 73 police personnel were injured due to attacks by the PTI workers when they reached Zaman Park to comply with the court orders. The IgP submitted that he decided that no police personnel or officers would carry weapons during the operation and the situation was controlled through the use of

However, the court observed that whether the operation could be stopped temporarily, in view of the pending proceedings before the Islamabad High Court in the matter.

The IgP submitted that the police wanted to arrest people who damaged property.

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Govt claims Imran wants to spread anarchy

Islamabad: The incumbent government while reacting to Imran Khan’s arrest issue claimed that the PTI Chairman is using his party workers to evade arrest and only wants to spread anarchy in the country.

Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb on Wednesday said that PTI Chairman Imran Khan wants to spread anarchy, civil war and unrest in the country.

In a video statement, she said Imran Khan is hiding from the police in order to escape from the arrest and has made women, children and youth as his shield.

She said Imran Khan is politically dead and now inciting his armed gangs and hooligans against the state institutions. The Minister said PTI is not a political party but has turned into an armed gang because a political party always upholds rule of law and the constitution.

She categorically stated that the incumbent government did not not want to arrest Imran Khan despite having state powers, but only wanted to get the court’s orders and warrants implemented. She said Imran Khan, through his toxic approach, is defying the courts and their orders. She also appealed to the courts to take notice of his defying attitude.

Marriyum Aurangzeb said police and other law enforcing agencies are unarmed and only implementing the court’s orders. She said Imran Khan should answer to the courts about his cases. She said 65 police personnel have so far been injured due to terrorism of PTI hooligans.

Meanwhile, Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said that PTI Chairman Imran Khan believes that no law of the land applies to him and he has repeatedly broken the law for which he will have to answer.

Speaking in The Daily Show during his US visit, Bilawal on Wednesday said Imran Khan has been summoned to court many a time but he was not appearing. Now, Imran Khan has pitched his workers against the police to save himself, he added. staff report