[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text dp_text_size=”size-4″]Imran Khan, a former prime minister of Pakistan, has declared that he will keep fighting for the rule of law in his nation and that he will not make a compromise or give up, even if the government imprisons him.
In his Sunday evening YouTube address to the nation, Khan stated that his struggle is for the better future of his nation and its citizens.
“Even if they put me in jail, I won’t cut a bargain or surrender. I’ll keep working for the application of the law and a better future for the citizens of my nation, Khan declared
The 70-year-old party leader of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) left Lahore on Monday for Islamabad to request an extension of his pre-arrest bail in 19 cases.
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Over 140 cases are pending against Khan. The majority of the cases involve terrorism, inciting public disorder, arson, blasphemy, attempted murder, corruption, and fraud.
A police officer reported on Monday that 30 PTI members, including former football player Shumaila Sattar, were detained by Lahore police on Sunday for attempting to meet Khan at his Zaman Park mansion.
Sattar had previously played for the women’s national football team. According to the officer, a prominent attorney who had met Khan in Lahore and was petitioning against the prosecution of civilians in military courts was also “abducted” after that meeting.
According to the Lahore police, Sattar was detained in relation to the assault on the Corps Commander House in Lahore on May 9. She was located using geo-fencing and taken into custody on judicial remand, according to the police.
Aziz Bhandhari, a top Supreme Court counsel, was allegedly kidnapped (by organisations) when Khan visited him at his Zaman Park home the other day, according to Khan.
He claimed that Attorney Bhandhari had petitioned the Supreme Court to stop civilians from being tried in military tribunals. The entire country is under martial law, he said.
Following their release from custody in connection with the violence on May 9, 30 PTI employees who wanted to visit Khan were re-arrested under the public disorder act.
After Khan was detained by paramilitary soldiers inside the Islamabad High Court on May 9, widespread rioting broke out in Pakistan. Later, he was freed on bond. In the violent demonstrations that followed Khan’s arrest, more than 20 military installations and state buildings, including the military headquarters in Rawalpindi, were destroyed or set on fire.
Over 10,000 party workers, largely from Punjab, were detained by law enforcement authorities across Pakistan, according to PTI.
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