Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan is scheduled to appear in court on Saturday in a corruption case against him. The case pertains to allegations of concealing details of gifts in his assets declarations, as filed by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP). Khan is set to attend the proceedings at the court of Additional District and Sessions Judge (ADSJ) Zafar Iqbal.
Law enforcement agencies reportedly attacked the PTI chief’s Lahore residence in Zaman Park in the lead-up to the court appearance. A convoy of party workers has accompanied Khan as he travels to Islamabad, amidst a stand-off between his supporters and security forces who have attempted to arrest him for missing multiple previous hearings.
Khan has stated that he is aware of the possibility of arrest by the government, given the protracted efforts from law enforcement agencies to apprehend him. The PTI party has called on human rights organizations and international media to take notice of the incident and provide coverage of the events.
Sky News reports on the fascism of imported regime at Islamabad and Lahore: #چلو_چلو_عمران_کے_ساتھ pic.twitter.com/DoOKvRZHa3
— PTI (@PTIofficial) March 18, 2023
Imran Khan’s Islamabad home was Raided
The home of Imran Khan in Zaman Park, Lahore was attacked by the police. The PDM-backed police have broken into the former PM’s house for only one reason and that is to plant fake evidence in the place, this is deeply concerning.
‘s wife is home alone home & also, and the police have brutally beaten up workers arresting them for no reason. This is a blatant attack on the rule of law and democracy in Pakistan. The PDM govt & police cannot be allowed to act with such impunity and disregard for the law. Not only are they resorting to violence and illegal tactics, but they are also trying to suppress the media from reporting on their actions. We cannot allow such atrocities to go unnoticed. The world must act now to hold those responsible accountable and restore justice and democracy in Pakistan.
PTI’s social media head Jibran has made a list of international media, and human rights organizations, including higher officials, and requested people to tag them and inform them about the brutality that police have done.
Sharing my lists of human rights orgs, activists and media outlets in this thread:
HR Activists: @CharlieCamp6ell @KenRoth@KSaloomey @yvonneridley @JohnReedwrites @EmbJournalist @daniofficialfly @ClaudeRakisits @amandaruthprice @marycjordan @DerekJGrossman
1/n
— Jibran Ilyas (@agentjay2009) March 18, 2023
Human rights orgs: @hrw@RSF_inter @amnestysasia@amnesty@ThinkDemocracy@freedomhouse@CIMA_Media@IRIglobal@ACLEDINFO@UNinPak@HRCP87@IFJGlobal@UNHumanRights@EU_Commission
2/n
— Jibran Ilyas (@agentjay2009) March 18, 2023
Media Outlets: @TIME@WSJ @nytimes @CNN@BBCWorld@washingtonpost @Reuters @EconomicTimes @AlJazeera@thehill @CNNi@thedailybeast @khaleejtimes @democracynow @NikkeiAsia
3/n
— Jibran Ilyas (@agentjay2009) March 18, 2023
Media Outlets (continued)@GuardianAus @AFP @RT_com @TehranTimes79@KhaleejMag @TRTWorldNow @TRTWorld@FoxNews@DohaNews@AlArabiya_Eng @F24videos @SCMPNews @Saudi_Gazette @gulf_news@japantimes@aawsat_News @NST_Online @MayadeenEnglish @MailOnline@AST_HQ
4/4
— Jibran Ilyas (@agentjay2009) March 18, 2023
Zaman Park under attack
Calibri queen staying true to her reputation, has tweeted a fake video.
This is not from Imran Khan's Zaman Park residence.#ZamanPark_under_attack pic.twitter.com/JtOMFYdDdc
— PTI (@PTIofficial) March 18, 2023
Zaman Park under attack by Rana Sana Ullah and Faisal Naseer murderers in uniform. pic.twitter.com/WmkJozvgF5
— 🇺🇸 Bilal Khan ﷽ (@Peace4allpak) March 18, 2023
Imran Khan’s sister explaining how everything happened. they entered the house without any warrant, will the courts take action against the men who did this? Imran Khan’s brother in law has also been arrested. every day i regret waking up in this country #ZamanPark_under_attack pic.twitter.com/Ap59xSXYvM
— Dexie (@dexiewrites) March 18, 2023
In Absence of Imran Khan the Pak police raided Imran Khan's house, the worst violence and vandalism continued.#islamabad #zamanpark #Imrankhan_arrest #ZamanPark_under_attack #چلو_چلو_اسلام_آباد_چلو pic.twitter.com/NBpsKu4Y9y
— Chaudhary Parvez (@ChaudharyParvez) March 18, 2023
Whoever remains part of the regime after this must be a special kind of shameless person. This is not a search operation, its vengeance and abuse of state authority coming from a hurt ego and a defeated mindset. https://t.co/nHxLHj1Szd
— Hammad Azhar (@Hammad_Azhar) March 18, 2023
Even police officer couldn't own what #Fascist_PDM & its handlers have done at house of @ImranKhanPTI. https://t.co/0FFXfDgCoJ
— آزاد رینــچ (@NaikRooh) March 18, 2023
زمان پارک میں سانحہ ماڈل ٹاؤن طرز کا آپریشن: سابق وزیراعظم کے گھر کا گیٹ کرین سے توڑ کر پولیس کی مسلح نفری گھر میں داخل، نہتے کارکنان، گھریلو ملازمین پر بدترین تشدد، پولیس اہلکار عمران خان کے گھر کے کمروں تک میں گھسے جہاں صرف عمران خان کی اہلیہ موجود تھیں۔#چلو_چلو_عمران_کے_ساتھ pic.twitter.com/x1QU1YgDLW
— Zeeshan Imran (@zeeshanimranpti) March 18, 2023
ایک مقبول ترین سیاسی لیڈر کو جب یہ پکڑ کر مار دیں گے تو کیا تب قوم سڑکوں پر آئے گی؟
یہ وقت ہے احتجاج ریکارڈ کروانے کا، ورنہ پھر پچھتاوے ہوں گے
— Anwar Lodhi (@AnwarLodhi) March 18, 2023
پنجاب حکومت کے بجائے وفاقی وزیر اطلاعات نے زمان پارک سے مبینہ رائفلیں ملنے کی ویڈیو جاری کردی، دعویٰ کیا گیا کہ یہ رائفلیں ملی ہیں، وفاقی حکومت کیا آپریشن کی سرپرستی کررہی ہے؟ pic.twitter.com/WmxuKOpwL4
— Mughees Ali (@mugheesali81) March 18, 2023
Police placing weapons inside Imran Khan residency Zaman Park which they brought with them in bags ..@hrw@UNHumanRights@amnesty@SkyNews@BBCWorld@AJEnglish@UNWatch@cnni#ZamanPark_under_attack#عمران_خان_کی_جان_کو_خطرہ#جب_سب_مٹ_جائےگا_تب_نکلوگے pic.twitter.com/wyYovGQFn0
— Maham (@Mahi_136) March 18, 2023
پولیس زمان پارک عمران خان کے گھر گھس رہی ہے۔۔۔ pic.twitter.com/P8EYwQyqrc
— Kamran Wahid (@Khankamoo) March 18, 2023
