- Containers are placed around the complex.
- Section 144 enforced in the federal capital.
- PTI chief will appear in Tosha Khana case.
ISLAMABAD/LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman (PTI) Imran Khan has left for Islamabad from his Zaman Park residence in Lahore to appear before a court in the Toshakhana case today.
Ahead of Imran Khan's arrival at Islamabad's Judicial Complex, the area has been put on high security to ensure law and order and avoid any untoward situations — as happened last month.
In line with PTI's insistence that Khan's life is in danger and he needs security, Islamabad Chief Commissioner Noorul Amin Mengal shifted the hearing from F-8 Court Complex to the Judicial Complex in G-11 as a "one-time dispensation".
When Khan came to the judicial complex last month, security arrangements were disrupted as PTI workers removed all barriers during their party chief's appearances in the different courts. On the occasion, some of the workers vandalised the building and undermined the decorum of the courts.
Khan will appear before Additional Session Judge Zafar Iqbal in the case after he issued the former prime minister's non-bailable arrest warrants as he had repeatedly refused to show up, with his counsel citing "security threats".
When the Islamabad police went to Lahore to arrest Khan in line with the court orders on March 14, they faced resistance and resultantly, more than 60 police personnel — from Islamabad and Punjab — were injured, while several PTI workers also sustained injuries.
Khan's legal team scrambled and sought relief from the sessions court, however, the judge had remarked that his orders were in line with the law and that the PTI chief should surrender himself before the authorities.
But the Islamabad High Court (IHC) earlier today stopped the police from arresting the deposed prime minister in the Toshakhana case — despite Khan resisting arrest for several days.
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