Imran Khan accused the Shehbaz Sharif government
Imran Khan: Imran Khan accused the Shehbaz Sharif government of planning his arrest saying this is all part of a “London plan” to finish all cases against Nawaz Sharif.
As Pakistan’s police and supporters of Imran Khan continued to clash outside the former prime minister’s home in Lahore, teargas and heavy shelling began again at 6am on Wednesday. A heavy contingent of police surrounded the residence as Islamabad Police intended to arrest him in the Toshakhana case. The clashes have injured several on both sides, a government spokesman said as per news agency Reuters as the police charged Imran Khan’s supporters with batons and teargas shells. Imran Khan’s supporters had gathered outside his house after a police team arrived from Islamabad to arrest him on a court order.
Imran Khan said last evening, in a video recorded statement posted on his twitter handle, “Police have come to arrest and send me to jail. If something happens to me, or sent to jail, or they kill me, you’ve to prove that this nation will continue to struggle even without Imran Khan.”
While early Wednesday morning, he shared another video in which he accused the Shehbaz Sharif government of planning his arrest saying this is all part of a “London plan” to finish all cases against Nawaz Sharif.
“This is part of the London plan and an agreement has been signed there to put Imran in jail, make the PTI fall and finish all cases against Nawaz Sharif,” Imran Khan said, further adding that he doesn’t understand the reason behind the attack on people as he had already assured that he will be present in court on March 18.
‘This is London plan’: Imran Khan ‘explains’ Pakistan cops-his supporters’ clash: Imran Khan News: Imran Khan said, “There is no reason why they have taken this step. My bail was on the 18th. They knew why I was not attending the bail… because of security.”
Following violent clashes between Pakistan police and supporters of Imran Khan outside the former prime minister’s home in Lahore during which several were injured on both sides, Imran Khan said, “The way we were targeted by the police, it is a first. There is no reason why they have taken this step. My bail was on the 18th. They knew why I was not attending the bail… because of security.” “They are preparing again, I know. I have given an undertaking in the Lahore High Court that I will be in court on the 18th. But it was not accepted,” Imran Khan said ahead of his possible arrest.
“Why was it not taken? Because London is part of the plan. Nawaz Sharif has been given assurance that me and my party will be attacked and pulled down,” Imran Khan said while condemning the police for charging the supporters with batons and teargas shells.
Imran Khan’s supporters gathered outside his house as a police team arrived from Islamabad to arrest him on a court order while Imran Khan called on his supporters to stand up for the supremacy of law and fight for true independence.
“Police have come to arrest and send me to jail. If something happens to me, or sent to jail, or they kill me, you’ve to prove that this nation will continue to struggle even without Imran Khan,” he said in a video recorded statement following the violence.
Several of Imran Khan’s supporters were injured when the police resorted to teargas shelling, Reuters reported.
The arrest warrant was issued in a case against Imran Khan for unlawfully selling state gifts while in power from 2018 to 2022.