PAKISTAN: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief and former Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday expressed discontent over the large police presence outside the Islamabad High Court during the hearing of a terrorism case brought against him and warned that he would become more dangerous if imprisoned.
Imran Khan charged under terror act
Imran Khan said this after noticing a large police presence outside the Islamabad High Court during the case hearing regarding the anti-terrorism act. “I will be more dangerous if they put me in jail,” he said.
The ex-PM was charged under the terror act for passing menacing remarks about a woman to the additional sessions judge.
The court accepted the pre-arrest bail for the chief till September 1, against bond worth Rs 100,000. He was issued a notice by Islamabad Police amid his unsuccessful appearance before the Joint Investigation Team in the terrorism case.
In a media interaction, Imran Khan said, “They are trying to arrest the head of the largest party in the country in this case.” He even went on to say, “Every statement has a context. The country is regressing day by day, and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) report has shown it. They can do whatever they want, but the only solution to the instability is fresh elections.”
Imran Khan expressed “deep regret” over his controversial remarks against a female judge. He said that he “never meant to hurt her feelings (female judge) and if her feelings have been hurt, it is deeply regretted,” adding that he “neither meant to threaten the lady judge nor could he think of doing so”.
Imran Khan seemed to be very upset with the jurisdiction. Amid all the ongoing disturbances, the Pakistan Muslim League Quaid (PML-Q) senior leader, Moonis Elahi, wrote on his Twitter, “You make false cases against Imran Khan, now the Pakistani nation has registered a true case against you.”
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