Former Pakistani PM Imran Khan arrested at Islamabad court | Imran Khan News

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The former prime minister has been arrested over corruption allegations during a court appearance in the capital.

Islamabad, Pakistan – Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has been arrested during a court appearance in Islamabad over corruption allegations.

Musarrat Jamshed Cheema, a leader of Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, confirmed Khan’s arrest on Tuesday to Al Jazeera.

“He went for his biometrics procedure from where he was picked by the Rangers,” she said, referring to the paramilitary force.

Dr Akbar Nasir Khan, a top police official in Islamabad, told Al Jazeera that Khan was arrested in a case related to Al-Qadir Trust.

The anti-corruption National Accountability Bureau had issued an arrest warrant against Khan on May 1 in relation to the case, he said.

Fawad Chaudhry, a PTI leader, tweeted that the Islamabad High Court complex was “occupied” by the Pakistani Rangers and lawyers were “being subjected to torture”.

Video footage on local media showed Khan being escorted to a Rangers vehicle and taken to an unknown location.

Rangers abducted PTI Chairman Imran Khan, these are the visuals. Pakistan’s brave people must come out and defend their country. pic.twitter.com/hJwG42hsE4

— PTI (@PTIofficial) May 9, 2023

In a tweet, PTI said the Rangers had “abducted” Khan.

“Pakistan’s brave people must come out and defend their country,” the party posted.

Reports said Aamer Farooq, the chief justice of the Islamabad High Court, has ordered government officials to appear before the court over Khan’s arrest.

Khan, 70, was removed from power in April last year after he lost a confidence vote in parliament. Since then, he has been campaigning for early national polls, due in October this year.