ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has been arrested from the premises of the Islamabad High Court in the capital on Tuesday in Al-Qadir Trust and ToshaKhana case.
Imran Khan was arrested by a team of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) that was assisted by a large contingent of the Rangers personnel, when he was marking his attendance through biometric verification.
The NAB chairman issued the arrest warrants for Imran Khan.
The PTI chairman has been shifted to the NAB Rawalpindi office, reports said.
The PTI chief was set to appear before the Islamabad High Court (IHC) to seek bail in two cases related to sedition and attempted murder on Mohsin Shahnawaz Ranjha.
Security sources say Imran Khan was arrested after showing the legal warrant, adding the security personnel did not misbehave with the PTI chairman.
NAB chairman issued the arrest warrants on May 1, adding Imran Khan will be presented in the relevant court for remand.
At the same time, the Islamabad High Court is hearing Imran Khan’s bail petition. The chief justice has summoned the Islamabad police chief in 15 minutes.
“Whoever has done this is wrong,” Chief Justice Aamir Farooq observed. “I will also take action against the prime minister and ministers if needed.”
The chief justice said they also heard the police force was tortured.
The inspector general police (IGP) Islamabad refuted reports of torturing anyone, saying a security detail accompanied Imran Khan’s vehicle. He added the situation in the city is normal.
He claimed Imran Khan has been arrested in the Al-Qadir Trust case.
He said Section 144 is in force in the city and anyone violating the law will be acted against.
The PTI has, meanwhile, asked all its supporters and workers in Lahore to reach Chairman Imran Khan’s Zaman Park residence.
Imran Khan was repeatedly issued notices, he claimed, adding Imran refused to join the investigations or appear in courts. Billions were looted in the Toshakhana case, the minister claimed.
Imran Khan, his wife Bushra Bibi, and their close aides Zulfi Bukhari and Babar Awan have been involved in Al-Qadir University Project Trust.
Documents reveal that Khan, Bushra Bibi, Bukhari, and Awan formed Al-Qadir University Project Trust that was aimed to set up ‘Al-Qadir University’ for imparting ‘quality education’ in Sohawa tehsil of Jhelum district in Punjab.
The office address of the trust has been mentioned as “Bani Gala House, Islamabad”.
Later, the trustees inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Bahria Town to receive donations from the latter.
For the proposal, Bahria Town allotted 458 kanal, four marla, 58 square feet to the Trust. Fulfilling formalities, Bushra Bibi signed the MoU with Bahria Town effective from March 2019.
According to a report, Bushra Bibi has challenged the NAB inquiry into the case in the IHC which has summoned record.
Meanhile, Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah has claimed that inquiries against Imran Khan were underway at the NAB, one of which was about causing a Rs50 billion loss to the national exchequer.
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