Supporters of former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan clashed with police in Islamabad on Sunday throughout the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) rally within the metropolis.
The occasion denounced “heavy shelling by Islamabad police in opposition to peaceable Pakistanis” throughout the demonstration, which was held to demand Khan’s rapid launch from jail.
Imran Khan was anticipated to be launched from jail this week after an area courtroom suspended appeals in opposition to his conviction within the Iddat case.
Nonetheless, the previous Pakistan cricket captain was arrested moments later by the Nationwide Accountability Bureau (NAB) within the Toshakhana case, in keeping with a Daybreak report.
On the PTI rally on Sunday, occasion chief Hammad Azhar addressed the group and mentioned they’d gathered to ascertain the “rule of regulation and supremacy of the Structure” within the nation, the report added.
Imran Khan, a 71-year-old former cricketer and politician, was arrested on August 5 final yr. He was first lodged in Attock jail after which shifted to Adiala jail in Rawalpindi. He’s going through over 200 circumstances and has been convicted in a few of them.
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