Posted on 08/22/2022 11:58:06 AM PDT by algore
Pakistani police have filed terrorism charges against former prime minister Imran Khan, authorities said, escalating political tensions in the country as the ousted premier holds mass rallies seeking to return to office.
The charges come after Khan gave a speech in Islamabad on Saturday where he alleged that a close aide had been tortured after his arrest.
Khan vowed to sue police officers and a female judge shortly before the terrorism charges were filed against him.
The former prime minister could face several years in prison but appears to still be free and has not addressed the charges lodged against him publicly.
Supporters of Khan gathered on Monday outside his hilltop mansion in the capital Islamabad, vowing to prevent his arrest, officials of his political party said.
Tehreek-e-Insaf, Khan's political party, warned it will hold nationwide rallies if the police arrest Khan and published videos online showing supporters surrounding his home.
The protesters chanted slogans against the government of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, which took over after Khan was ousted following a confidence vote in April.
'If Imran Khan is arrested... we will take over Islamabad,' a former minister in his cabinet, Ali Amin Gandapur, said on Twitter, as some party leaders urged supporters to prepare for mass mobilisation.
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Are they taking notes from Biden?
Wow - the USA, Brazil, Pakistan - the pattern is repeating worldwide. Now, they’re coming after Kristi Noem.
Now we know where Merrick Garland went on his “vacation.”
Sounds like an insurrection.
Welcome to the club PM Kahn. You are now an “MVE” per the fbi. 😂👍
American foreign policy has never figured out the fork tongued Islamic snake called Pakistan.
No wonder Bush couldn’t find Bin Laden.
Never go Full US Department of Justice.
It makes you look third-world.
Worked on Palin. Worked on Trump.
Won't stop working until some decorations go up in local Esso stations around the country.
Remember - the US "Deportment of Jesters" has shown us all that US "law enfarcement" is political.
I guess the Pakistanis have been watching how Western States deal with dissenters.
Sounds like America.
Kiryandil “It makes you look third-world”.
So Americans are “you”, not “us” to kiryandil; hmm...
Your Polish grasp of English is showing, Cronos.
My good Polish friends have similar comprehension problems.
The "you" is referring to Pakistan, and any other foreign countries that follow the lead of the illegitimate clowns who are running the US.
Not a Pole.
Besides you clearly indicate that you consider Americans who don’t support your President Putin, to be the other...
We've already established your level of English comprehension.
Or non-comprehension, to be more precise.
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