Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Professor Ahsan Iqbal on Wednesday said that Imran Khan\u2019s arrest was made in a graft case by National Accountability Bureau (NAB) and the government had nothing to do with it.
\n\u201c. . . this is an arrest which is not motivated under any political victimization and not done at the behest of the government. It is the arrest made by the NAB, an independent institution that is supposed to look into the corruption cases committed in the country,\u201d the minister said while talking to foreign media here.
\nHe clarified that the arrest was made under an arrest warrant duly examined by the Islamabad High Court (IHC) that declared the custody in line with the \u2018proper legal procedures and lawful authority.\u2019
\nBut unfortunately, Ahsan Iqbal said, the response that was given by the followers of Imran Khan brought great embarrassment for him and the party. \u201cThe scenes that came on the media of loot and plunder are most deplorable because Mr Khan had been championing throughout his career that he stands for the rule of law. He (the PTI chairman) had been lecturing the people of Pakistan that what is the rule of law in the Western democracies.\u201d
\nThe minister said the PTI workers showed examples of the worst fascist response that was ever witnessed in the country\u2019s history, adding \u201cThis is the worst kind of demagoguery and fascism that is being demonstrated by a leader whose rise to fame was sports. As a sportsman, he ought to be championing sportsman spirit, tolerance and respecting the rule of law.\u201d
\nContrary to it, he said, Imran Khan chose the path of spreading anarchy, chaos and destruction in the country only to protect himself from accountability.
\nThe minister reminded that the PTI chairman said on a number of occasions that if there was any case against him, he would voluntarily present himself before the authorities for investigation.
\n\u201cThis case, in which Khan has been arrested by NAB, is a matter of graft, embezzlement and corruption of \u00a3160 million
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Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Professor Ahsan Iqbal on Wednesday said that Imran Khan\u2019s arrest was made in a graft case by National Accountability Bureau (NAB) and the government had nothing to do with it. \u201c. . . this is an arrest which is not motivated under any political victimization and not done […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":270883,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-330326","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-national"},"yoast_head":"\n