RAWALPINDI: Jailed former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday admitted that he gave a call for protests outside Pakistan’s Army General Headquarters (GHQ) in Rawalpindi before his arrest.
Speaking to the media during a hearing related to the £190 million reference, Khan stated that he had called for protests outside the General Headquarters (GHQ) if arrested.
“I had given a call for holding a peaceful protest outside the General Headquarters (GHQ) before my arrest,” Imran Khan said.
Responding to Attaullah Tarar’s claims about his VIP jail conditions, Khan invited the media to inspect his cell, stating, “If Tarar is speaking the truth, he should come and see for himself. Let the media view my cell for two minutes.”
The PTI founder chairman also criticized the politicization of the Toshakhana reference, alleging selective action against him while ignoring cases against Nawaz Sharif and Asif Ali Zardari.
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Imran Khan attributed Pakistan’s economic crisis to mismanagement by previous governments, highlighting the significant current account deficit during the PML-N government’s tenure.
Khan concluded by rejecting the idea of a technocrat setup as a solution to Pakistan’s challenges, advocating instead for transparent elections as the only remedy.
Meanwhile, an accountability court in Pakistan on Monday handed over jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi to the country’s anti-corruption officials on a seven-day remand for further investigation into a new Toshakhana corruption case.
The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) had requested a 14-day remand after completing the initial eight-day physical remand of the couple. However, the court denied the request and instructed the anti-graft body to bring the couple back to court on July 29.
Following the expiration of their previous eight-day remand, NAB presented the couple before the court and submitted a progress report.
Imran Khan, the 71-year-old former cricketer and politician, has been in custody for nearly a year, facing charges in multiple cases including Toshakhana, cipher, and marriage cases. His wife, Bushra Bibi, has also been detained for several months.
They were arrested in a new Toshakhana case by NAB shortly after a district and sessions court in Islamabad on July 13 overturned their conviction in a case related to their marriage, which was previously the only case holding them in jail. The courts also overturned Imran Khan’s sentences in the Cipher and Toshakhana cases.
Earlier hopes for their release in July were dashed when NAB detained them again on allegations related to the sale of state gifts.
