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Live Updates of Imran Khan’s arrest: The Islamabad High Court on Tuesday night upheld the arrest of former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, saying all legal formalities were completed by the National Accountability Bureau dashing his party’s hopes. The former prime minister will be produced in the court on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, Pakistan witnessed massive violent protests after Imran Khan’s supporters stormed the Pakistani army headquarters in the garrison city of Rawalpindi and the corps commander’s residence in Lahore following his dramatic arrest in a corruption case.
Internet services and mobile broadband have been suspended across the country. Social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook and YouTube have also been suspended in several parts of Pakistan.
Netblocks, an organization that monitors internet outages, said in a report, “Some areas have seen total internet shutdowns.”
Khan was arrested after traveling from Lahore to Islamabad and undergoing a biometric procedure at the Islamabad High Court, when paramilitary Rangers broke a glass window and detained him after beating up lawyers and Khan’s security staff. Took in
His arrest came a day after the powerful military accused him of making baseless allegations against a senior official of the spy agency ISI.
At many places, the protesters turned violent and set police vehicles on fire and damaged public property. Reports said at least four people were killed and more than a dozen injured in different parts of the country in violent clashes between security forces and Khan’s supporters.
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