“Release #ImranKhan”: Pakistan #SupremeCourt Calls Arrest ” #Illegal “
#ISLAMABAD (MNP) – In a dramatic turn of events, the #SupremeCourtofPakistan on Thursday ordered the National Accountability Bureau (#NAB) to immediately set #PTI chief #ImranKhan at #liberty after declaring his arrest in the Al-Qadir Trust case ” #illegal “.
A three-member bench, headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Umar Ata #Bandial and comprising #Justice #AtharMinallah and Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar, heard the case after the PTI had approached the apex court challenging IHC’s decision of giving legal cover to the arrest Mr Khan in the case.
The court subsequently ordered Mr Khan to approach the IHC – the court that had declared Mr Khan’s arrest “legal” – by Friday and bound the PTI chief to follow the order of the court. However, the court did not quash the arrest warrants but raised questions on the way Mr Khan had been taken into custody.
Mr Khan said he was tortured while being arrested, adding that he was baton-charged. He said even a murderer was not treated in such a pathetic way. “Terrorism cases were lodged against me despite the fact that I had been under arrest,” he added. “I had been taken into custody as if I were a terrorist,” he said.
He said he was sorry to know what happened in the country [after his arrest], he said. “I have always asked PTI activists to stay peaceful,” he added.
