The former Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan has been charged under the anti-terror act following accusations of threats to police and a magistrate.
There were rumours surrounding Imran Khan's arrest but he himself appeared to still be free and had not immediately addressed the police charge sheet being lodged against him. Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), published online videos showing supporters surrounding his home to potentially stop police from reaching it. Hundreds remained there early Monday.
The terrorism charges come over a speech Khan gave in Islamabad on Saturday, in which he vowed to sue police officers and a female judge and alleged that a close aide had been tortured after his arrest.
Under Pakistan’s legal system, the Police register (FIR) against Imran Khan charges and accused a magistrate judge, who allows the investigation to move forward. Typically, police then arrest and question the accused.
Pakistan’s media banned television channels from broadcasting live addresses by Imran Khan late Saturday night, after the rally in Islamabad.
Khan’s speeches were “prejudicial to the maintenance of law and order and likely to disturb public peace and tranquillity”,
The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) said in a statement on Saturday. It accused Khan of “continuously levelling baseless allegations and spreading hate speech through his provocative statements against state institutions”.
It prohibited live broadcasts of his speeches by news channels, with immediate effect, but made an exception for recorded speech.
Soon after Saturday’s television ban, PTI vowed to go live on “500+ YouTube and Facebook channels”.
However, many Pakistani users of social media reported problems in accessing YouTube on Sunday, just as Khan was about to address a gathering in the garrison city of Rawalpindi.
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