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Police seal components of Islamabad and deploy hundreds of officers for the court docket listening to on corruption fees.
Pakistan police have entered the Lahore property of former Prime Minister Imran Khan, officers from his political celebration stated, as he made his technique to the capital, Islamabad, for a court docket look.
The transfer on Saturday adopted days of standoff and intense clashes between police and his supporters across the property, the place police had tried to arrest Khan on Tuesday.
Khan stated in a tweet that his spouse was on the property. He was showing in court docket after expressing concern of arrest.
In Islamabad, police sealed components of the capital and deployed hundreds of law enforcement officials for the court docket listening to on corruption fees after he evaded arrest for per week amid violent clashes.
Residents close to town’s judicial advanced have been requested to remain indoors, political actions and gatherings have been banned and automobiles have been being checked earlier than getting into the capital.
“We’ve got deployed heavy safety to make there isn’t a risk to his life,” Islamabad police chief Akbar Nasir stated forward of the listening to.
In the meantime, Khan stated he has shaped a committee to steer his celebration if he’s arrested.
“I’ve made a committee which can clearly take choices as soon as – if – I’m inside” jail, the 70-year-old stated in an interview in his Lahore dwelling earlier than heading to Islamabad. He stated there have been 94 instances in opposition to him.
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