<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Imran Khan, the former prime minister of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/pakistan" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Pakistan</a>, was arrested on Tuesday by paramilitary forces as the popular leader faces terrorism and corruption-related charges and remains outspoken against the country’s military and political leadership. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Khan, a former cricket player, was ousted from his role as prime minister in April 2022 by a no-confidence vote in parliament after being accused of corruption and violating the constitution. Khan <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/former-pakistani-prime-minister-shot?utm_source=facebook&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=dwbrand" target="_blank" rel="noopener">survived a shooting</a> in November and has claimed that corrupt officials coordinated his removal from office. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In a tweet before his arrest, Khan </span><a href="https://twitter.com/ImranKhanPTI/status/1655817459486580736?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">said</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> that Pakistan’s military and political opponents in the Pakistan Democratic Movement Party were trying to arrest him to “prevent me from campaigning” and to “prevent me from mobilising the masses for street movement in support of Constitution.”</span></p>
<p>After his arrest, he was taken to the National Accountability Bureau for questioning, <a href="https://apnews.com/article/pakistan-imran-khan-arrested-charges-55a53535b91051da679c9b57b0bc9a54" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to police. Supporters took to the streets in protest, starting fires and clashing with police.</p>
<div id="attachment_547553" style="width: 310px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-547553" class="wp-image-547553 size-medium" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/05/GettyImages-1253330247-300x200.jpg" alt="Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party activists and supporters of former Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran gather amid teargas fired by police during a protest against the arrest of their leader, in Peshawar on May 9, 2023. Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan was arrested on May 9, police said, during a court appearance for one of dozens of cases pending since he was booted from office last year. (Photo by Abdul MAJEED / AFP)" width="300" height="200" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/05/GettyImages-1253330247-300x200.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/05/GettyImages-1253330247-864x576.jpg 864w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/05/GettyImages-1253330247-768x512.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/05/GettyImages-1253330247.jpg 1024w" sizes=" (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><p id="caption-attachment-547553" class="wp-caption-text"><em>Photo by ABDUL MAJEED/AFP via Getty Images.</em></p></div>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Khan’s arrest came as he was set to go before the Islamabad High Court over mutiny and attempted murder cases, <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/1751767/listen-to-me-carefully-imran-doubles-down-on-allegations-against-senior-military-official" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to Dawn, an English-language Pakistani newspaper. Since his removal last year, Khan has been in court battles over whether he would be able to run for office and has faced allegations of corruption. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">He has also led the charge for earlier elections throughout Pakistan, as his populist political party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), has gained public support in the aftermath of Khan’s ouster.  </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Just before he was arrested, Khan, 71,  had said that an intelligence officer was trying to kill him. “This man tried to kill me twice and whenever an investigation is carried out, I will prove that it was this man and there is a whole gang with him,” he said.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“If someone has a warrant, come to me directly … I am prepared to go to jail,” he added. “Do us a favor and don’t stage such a drama and directly provide a warrant.”</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the media wing for Pakistan’s Armed Forces, <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/1751602/baseless-allegations-by-pti-chief-against-serving-military-officer-unacceptable-ispr" target="_blank" rel="noopener">called</a> Khan’s claims “irresponsible and baseless” as well as “extremely unfortunate, deplorable and unacceptable.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“This has been a consistent pattern for the last year wherein military and intelligence agencies officials are targeted with insinuations and sensational propaganda for the furtherance of political objectives,” the statement continued. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Pakistan&#8217;s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif also condemned Khan’s comments, saying they wouldn’t be “tolerated.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Imran Niazi&#8217;s act of routinely maligning and threatening Pakistan Army and Intelligence Agency for the sake of petty political gains is highly condemnable. His leveling of allegations without any proof against Gen Faisal Naseer and officers of our Intelligence Agency cannot be allowed and will not be tolerated,” he said. </span></p>

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