Imran Khan, leader of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party was arrested at the Islamabad High Court, where he was being held for two hearings on 30 October. The arrest was in connection with allegations that Khan and his former wife had received billions of rupees from a real estate company. The police have confirmed that the politician was arrested for causing losses to the national treasury. The former Prime Minister has been accused of corruption under Section 9(a) of the National Accountability Ordinance 1999. Khan’s lawyers claim that he was arrested after being tortured. Barrister Gohar Khan, who witnessed the arrest, alleged that “hard objects” were used to hit Khan, who was also hit on the head. PTI vice-president, Fawad Chaudhry, claimed that “scores of lawyers and general people” were also tortured and accused the authorities of occupying the Islamabad High Court and mistreating lawyers. Protests against Khan’s arrest occurred in several Pakistani cities on the day of his arrest. A six-member committee, headed by the PTI’s Vice Chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi, is being established to determine the party’s course of action.
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