Pakistani police have filed terrorism charges against former Prime Minister Imran Khan, authorities say, escalating political tensions in the country as the ousted premier holds mass rallies seeking to return to office. 9News
police have filed terrorism charges against former Prime Minister Imran Khan, authorities say, escalating political tensions in the country as the ousted premier holds mass rallies seeking to return to office.
The party has warned that it will hold nationwide rallies if Khan is arrested while working to try to squash the charges in court. The report against Khan includes testimony from Magistrate Judge Ali Javed, who described being at the Islamabad rally on Saturday and hearing Khan criticise the inspector-general of Pakistan's police and another judge.
Other former Pakistani politicians, including former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and former president General Pervez Musharraf, also have been targeted in probes using the law. Current Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif likely will discuss the charges against Khan at a cabinet meeting scheduled for Tuesday.
Media vans and supporters of Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan's party gather outside his residence. That could further pressure the nuclear-armed nation as it struggles to secure a $US7 billion bailout from the International Monetary Fund amid an economic crisis, exacerbated by rising global food prices due in part to Russia's war on Ukraine.
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