Imran Khan

Khan is reportedly accused of making threats to the country's judiciary and police force.

In the week before his departure he violated the constitution in an attempt to stop the vote going ahead. A police report of the rally cited Khan’s comments that he “would not spare” Islamabad’s police chief and a female judge for the arrest of his aide. PTI went to court on Monday to challenge the charges against Khan. “Once he is arrested, I don’t think his party leadership can protest for more than three days. “We need to understand that Khan is the only face of his party and he is a charismatic leader and crowd puller,” he said. But when a political party strays from that path, the situation inside Pakistan, who will stop the public? “A plan has been made to place our party against the wall. I assure you, that the Sri Lankan situation is going to happen here,” Khan threatened, referencing the recent economic protests that toppled that island nation’s government. Chaudhry denied claims that Khan had left his house to avoid arrest. Typically, police then arrest and question the accused. Khan was elected as prime minister in 2018 as the “modern” face of Pakistan, who had the backing of the military and promised economic prosperity and an end to corruption. “The purpose of the speech was to spread terror amongst the police and the judiciary and prevent them from doing their duty,” police said in the report.

Removed leader must appear before an anti-terrorism court to face charges after allegedly 'threatening' officials.

He has to appear before court, submit his bail bond, and it is quite likely he will be given an additional bail of few more days,” he said. But we must keep in mind that anti-terrorism cases in Pakistan are usually not on merit and it is used as a political tool,” added Niazi. Politically, however, any such step could result in fanning the flames further. Police then arrest and question the accused. All of you must be ashamed,” Khan reportedly said. Simply saying ‘we will take action against you’ does not amount to terrorism. We got a boot from behind [to follow orders]’,” Khan said in his address. “It is perfect case of quashment before the high court. Such acts of brazen thuggery are responsible for instigating extremism in society. Police have denied the torture allegations. Imran Niazi will have to face the law for threatening and hurling abuses at the Magistrate and Police officers. He accused police of torturing Gill in custody and said the charges against his ally were part of “a conspiracy” to pit his party against the military.

Pakistani police have filed terrorism charges against former prime minister Imran Khan, authorities said Monday, escalating political tensions in the ...

In his latest speech Sunday night at a rally in the city of Rawalpindi outside of Islamabad, Khan said so-called "neutrals" were behind the recent crackdown against his party. The parliament's no-confidence vote in April that ousted Khan capped months of political turmoil and a constitutional crisis that required the Supreme Court to step in. He appeared healthy in television footage as he left for the court amid tight security. Khan alleged without providing evidence that the Pakistani military took part in a U.S. Khan could face several years in prison from the new charges, which accuse him of threatening police officers and the judge. Khan himself appeared to still be free and had not immediately addressed the police charge sheet being lodged against him.

Less than three days after his arrest, and a few months after the massive demonstrations in which thousands of suppor.

The streets of Islamabad, and especially around Imran Khan's residence, were today taken over by hundreds of followers of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf political formation who sought to prevent the arrest of the charismatic leader of populist tendencies while clamouring against the government of the new prime minister, Shehbaz Sharif. During his speech - in a rally that was also broadcast in real time - on Saturday night, Imran Khan called for the support of the army after denouncing the "torture" and abuses to which, according to former Prime Minister Shahbaz Gill, another Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader, accused of sedition and arrested on 9 August, is being held in police custody. Less than three days after his arrest, and a few months after the massive demonstrations in which thousands of supporters of the former prime minister -now dismissed- marched to Islamabad to demand the calling of new general elections, Imran Khan has once again aroused indignation among his followers.

Pakistan's former Prime Minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party (PTI) chief Imran Khan, delivers a speech in Lahore on Aug. 13, 2022 to his supporters ...

[sardonically dubbed](https://www.newsweekpakistan.com/imran-khan-accuses-neutrals-of-instigating-crackdown-of-pti/) “neutrals” in response to statements from brass hats insisting they don’t meddle in politics. The reality is, of course, that Khan’s path to power was possible because the military backed him and then he lost power when they withdrew their support. “Banishing completely a political leader from the media is not the best policy,” [ tweeted](https://twitter.com/FarhatullahB/status/1561381149481615361) former Pakistani Senator Farhatullah Babar of the opposition center-left Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP). broadsides in recent weeks, presumably leaving the door open to mend relations with Washington should he engineer a miraculous return to power. “It’s not simply the fact that Pakistan is a nuclear state,” she says. [ banned from live satellite television broadcasts](https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/8/21/pakistan-regulator-bans-live-telecast-of-imran-khan-speeches) inside Pakistan after the national regulator accused him of leveling “baseless allegations” against the state and “spreading hate speech.” The order has been met with pushback from across the political divide. Instability gripping Pakistan—including rumors of splits between pro- and anti-Khan factions in the military—undermines this invaluable security apparatus. In the weeks prior to that, and seeing the end was near, Khan took to mass, highly-produced rallies for his centrist Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party to rail against political opponents, whom he accused of hatching a U.S.-backed coup to unseat him. 29, the IMF is due to meet to Khan has over 17 million followers on Twitter, which is higher than the ratings of many top nightly news shows in Pakistan. [ ouster as Pakistan’s Prime Minister](https://time.com/6165096/imran-khan-supreme-court-decision/) in a parliamentary no-confidence vote on Apr. (One senior PTI figure provided photos of bruises Gill allegedly suffered during detention, though TIME was unable to independently verify the contents.)

The charges followed a speech Imran Khan gave on Saturday in which he vowed to sue police officers and a female judge and alleged that a close aide was ...

In his latest speech Sunday night at a rally in the city of Rawalpindi outside of Islamabad, Khan said so-called “neutrals” were behind the recent crackdown against his party. “A plan has been made to place our party against the wall. The parliament’s no-confidence vote in April that ousted Khan capped months of political turmoil and a constitutional crisis that required the Supreme Court to step in. Khan alleged without providing evidence that the Pakistani military took part in a U.S. However, he’s not been detained on other lesser charges levied against him in his recent campaigning against the government. The report against Khan includes testimony from Magistrate Judge Ali Javed, who described being at the Islamabad rally on Saturday and hearing Khan criticize the inspector-general of Pakistan’s police and another judge.

Supporters of the former prime minister are camped outside his home in a show of solidarity with him.

he is our last hope," Mr Ali added. He is our last hope, we are here to defend him even in this hot weather… We won with a big lead, it's clear that the PTI is the future," said 30-year-old Anwar Ali outside Mr Khan's home. "All our people are here to protect and to support him," Mr Ali added. It also called for the former prime minister to be punished. Earlier, Mr Khan had accused these state officials of detaining and torturing a close aide.

Des centaines de partisans de l'ancien Premier ministre pakistanais se sont rassemblés, lundi, devant sa résidence près d'Islamabad, afin d'empêcher une ...

[Renversé le 10 avril par une motion de censure](https://www.france24.com/fr/asie-pacifique/20220409-pakistan-le-premier-ministre-imran-khan-renversé-par-une-motion-de-censure), Imran Khan a, depuis, organisé de vastes rassemblements dans le pays pour faire pression sur la fragile coalition au pouvoir. Des centaines de partisans de l'ancien Premier ministre pakistanais se sont rassemblés, lundi, devant sa résidence près d'Islamabad, afin d'empêcher une possible arrestation. [Fonds monétaire international](https://www.france24.com/fr/tag/fmi/) a suspendu un programme de prêts de six milliards de dollars, que le nouveau gouvernement vient seulement de remettre sur les rails. Dimanche, l'autorité pakistanaise de régulation des médias (PEMRA) a interdit aux télévisions de retransmettre en direct les allocutions de l'ex-Premier ministre, affirmant qu'il tenait "des discours haineux" qui sont "susceptibles de troubler la paix et la tranquillité publiques". [ancien Premier ministre Imran Khan](https://www.france24.com/fr/tag/imran-khan/), accusé de trahison pour ses commentaires sur la police et le système judiciaire. [une série de vastes rassemblements depuis son éviction](https://www.france24.com/fr/asie-pacifique/20220526-au-pakistan-imran-khan-met-fin-à-sa-longue-marche-mais-exige-des-élections), mettant en garde les institutions, y compris la puissante armée, de ne pas soutenir le gouvernement dirigé par un de ses rivaux politiques de longue date, Shehbaz Sharif.

L'autorité pakistanaise de régulation des médias a interdit la retransmission en direct d'une allocution de l'ex-premier ministre sur les chaînes de ...

Début août, une commission d’enquête soutenait qu’il avait violé les règles de financement de la vie publique en recevant des fonds étrangers pour le financement de son parti politique. Dans d’autres grandes villes du pays, les rassemblements en soutien à l’ancien chef du gouvernement se multiplient. Sous les applaudissements, l’ancien premier ministre a remercié en personne ses supporteurs, amassés devant le portail de sa résidence. En 2018, son parti, le PTI (Mouvement du Pakistan pour la justice), avait réussi à s’imposer comme la première force politique du pays. Accusé de « troubler la paix », Imran Khan est au centre des tensions qui s’aiguisent dans le pays. Dans un discours prononcé à Islamabad le samedi 20 août, il avait vivement critiqué le système judiciaire du pays, après l’arrestation d’un responsable de son parti politique, torturé en détention selon lui.

Le parti Pakistan Tehreek-e-insaf (PTI) d'Imran Khana a fustigé les dernières accusations portées contre son leader, jugées « sans fondement ». Discours haineux.

Khan a depuis organisé de vastes rassemblements dans le pays pour faire pression sur... « La seule chose qui reste au parti au pouvoir et à l’opposition est de se dénigrer mutuellement. Le principal objectif de M. Dans la situation actuelle, la véritable priorité devrait être l’économie. « Où que vous soyez, rejoignez Bani Gala aujourd’hui et montrez votre solidarité avec Imran Khan », a tweeté l’ancien ministre de l’Information Fawad Chaudhry, en référence au domicile de M. « Imran Khan est notre ligne rouge », a-t-il ajouté.

L'ex dirigeant pakistanais est accusé d'avoir menacé des membres des forces de l'ordre et de la magistrature. Une action en justice à son encontre a été ...

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Moins de trois jours après son arrestation, et quelques mois après les manifestations massives au cours desquelles de.

Les rues d'Islamabad, et notamment les alentours de la résidence d'Imran Khan, ont été prises d'assaut aujourd'hui par des centaines de partisans de la formation politique Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf qui cherchaient à empêcher l'arrestation du leader charismatique aux tendances populistes tout en clamant contre le gouvernement du nouveau premier ministre, Shehbaz Sharif. La Haute Cour d'Islamabad (IHC), par l'intermédiaire d'un banc composé des juges Mian Gul Hasan Aurangzeb et Babar Sattar et dirigé par Mohsin Akhtar Kayani, a décidé lundi d'engager une procédure pour outrage à la cour contre l'ancien Premier ministre et président du PTI, Imran Khan, qui débutera mardi. Lors de son discours - dans un rassemblement également retransmis en temps réel - samedi soir, Imran Khan a appelé au soutien de l'armée après avoir dénoncé les "tortures" et les abus auxquels se livre, selon l'ancien Premier ministre Shahbaz Gill, un autre dirigeant du Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), accusé de sédition et arrêté le 9 août, en garde à vue. Pour toutes ces raisons, la PEMRA a annoncé sa décision de "mettre en place un mécanisme efficace pour assurer une surveillance et un contrôle éditorial effectifs" des discours fréquents de l'ancien premier ministre, qui ne seront désormais diffusés qu'en différé. Imran Khan "accuse continuellement les institutions de l'État en lançant des accusations sans fondement", les autorités pakistanaises ont dénoncé "un discours de haine à travers ses déclarations provocatrices contre les institutions et les fonctionnaires de l'État, qui nuit au maintien de l'ordre public". À cette occasion, et devant sa résidence dans la capitale pakistanaise, des centaines de personnes se sont rassemblées pour empêcher l'arrestation de l'ancien chef de gouvernement, accusé de terrorisme.

Driving the news: At a rally on Saturday, Khan named a police chief and judge involved in a treason case against one of his aides, and said, "We will not spare ...

6 attack and Trump](/2022/08/22/colorado-lawmaker-leaves-gop-jan-6-attack-trump) [Fauci stepping down in December](/2022/08/22/fauci-stepping-down-in-december) [nation's pandemic response ](https://www.axios.com/2022/04/27/covid-timeline-told-through-fauci-predictions)and has been a mainstay at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, serving as leader since 1984. 6 insurrection and 2020 election denial as the reason. [taken classified material](https://www.axios.com/2022/08/13/mar-a-lago-search-warrant-trump-fbi) from the White House to Mar-a-Lago. [FBI's search of his Mar-a-Lago residence](https://www.axios.com/2022/08/08/donald-trump-home-raided-fbi). He is our last hope," one man - Khan claims, without evidence, that his ouster was engineered by the U.S. Why it matters: Since being ousted in April, Khan has been mobilizing huge crowds while railing against the government and breaking a long-standing taboo by criticizing the military. - For now, Khan's supporters have vowed to remain outside his home. The U.S. [on terrorism charges](https://www.axios.com/2022/08/21/pakistan-imran-khan-terrorism-charges).

The apprehension of the former prime minister, indicted under the politically-charged anti-terrorism act, could set off violent protests.

Imprisonment of opposition political leaders is not an uncommon occurrence in Pakistan and members of the current government faced jail time during Imran Khan’s tenure. An arrest would derail Khan’s campaigning but may also be a boon for his popularity. Former prime minister Imran Khan has been charged under Pakistan’s Anti-Terrorism Act which marks the latest escalation in a bitter power feud between the ousted leader and the current coalition government.

(Bloomberg) -- A Pakistan court has asked Imran Khan to appear before it next week as it reviews whether remarks he made about the judiciary merit a ...

Tuesday’s court order is just one of many hurdles Khan and his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party are looking at. Islamabad is also seeking aid from friendly nations to fill its financing gap as it deals with faltering foreign-currency reserves and one of Asia’s fastest-inflation rates. He has blamed the current government, led by Shehbaz Sharif, of colluding with the US and the country’s powerful military to force him out. Khan has been asked to be in court on Aug 31. Michael Sprung discusses CIBC Michael Sprung discusses Air Canada