ISLAMABAD – A magistrate in the federal capital has issued Imran Khan arrest warrant of former prime minister and PTI chairman Imran Khan in a case related to threatening a female judge Zeba Chaudhry in a public speech.
Senior Civil Judge Rana Mujahid Rahim issued the warrants, directing the Margalla Police Station SHO to carry out the orders. The warrants were issued by the judge after the cricketer-turned-politician failed to appear in court to obtain bail in the case.
Imran Khan arrest warrant :
On August 21, a case was filed against him at the Margalla Police Station for his provocative speech in which he threatened cops and the female judge who had extended the physical remand of then-incarcerated Shahbaz Gill, who faces sedition charges.
Imran Khan Official Page Tweet :
#کپتان_ہماری_ریڈ_لائن ہےکسی گھٹیاحرکت کاسوچنابھی مت! pic.twitter.com/bwmtde6Crd
— PTI (@PTIofficial) October 1, 2022
پچھتاو گے! عوام عمران خان کے ساتھ ہے!! #کپتان_ہماری_ریڈ_لائن pic.twitter.com/My4GxV5rp5
— PTI (@PTIofficial) October 1, 2022
According to the First Information Report, the PTI chief threatened state institutions and attempted to put pressure on the judiciary and law enforcement.
Sections 188, 189, 504 and 506 of the Penal Code were used to charge him with terrorism.
However, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) later dropped the terrorism charges against the PTI chief in the case and transferred the case from the anti-terrorism court to the civil court.
The development comes a day after the PTI chairman showed up unannounced at Judge Zeba Chaudhry’s court to apologise to the female judge, but the Additional District and Sessions Judge was not present.
Because the judge was not present, the ousted PM approached the reader and other personnel and requested that they inform the judge that Imran Khan had come to apologise to her.