Pakistan s former premier, Imran Khan, was arrested on Tuesday as he appeared for hearings at the Islamabad High Court. He was charged in a number of cases that his party says are politically motiv.
Tehrik-i-Insaf chairman Imran Khan initially supported General Musharraf, but when pro-government parties joined hands to form the National Alliance, Imran Khan did not join it. Soon after, he leveled charges of pre-poll rigging against the government, with Tariq Aziz, Principal Secretary to General Musharraf, the main target as the mastermind behind pre-poll rigging in the Punjab. Tehrik-i-Insaf adopted a multi-pronged strategy that was designed to appeal to all classes of people.
Rabia Shuja holds an LLM in International Human Rights Law from Griffith College, Dublin and is a Staff Correspondent for JURIST in Pakistan. She reports from Islamabad. Hello everyone, I am Rabia Sh.
A parliamentary vote of no confidence in Pakistan early on Sunday that brought down the Prime Minister, Imran Khan, made him the country's first prime minister to fall to such a fate.