Khan was ousted in a no-confidence vote in April final 12 months. He has claimed his ouster was unlawful and a Western conspiracy and has campaigned towards the federal government of his successor, Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif, demanding early elections.
Chaudhry mentioned Khan was dragged out of the courtroom and right into a police car. He mentioned the previous premier is now within the custody of the safety forces. He denounced the arrest as “an abduction.”
Pakistan’s impartial GEO TV broadcast photographs of Khan being pulled by safety forces in the direction of an armored car, which took him away.
Khan’s social gathering instantly complained to the Islamabad Excessive Court docket, which requested a police report explaining the costs for Khan’s arrest.
Officers from the anti-corruption physique mentioned that Pakistan’s Nationwide Accountability Bureau had issued arrest warrants for Khan final week in a separate graft case, for which he had not obtained bail — one thing that will defend him from arrest below the nation’s legal guidelines.
The officers, who spoke on situation of anonymity, mentioned Khan can be introduced to look earlier than an anti-graft tribunal afterward Tuesday.