ISLAMABAD/LAHORE : updated at 7.00 PM
The court of additional session judge Islamabad , Zafar Iqbal , on Saturday cancelled non-bailable arrest warrants of Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf (PTI) chairman, Imran Khan, in Toshakhana case and adjourned the hearing for March 30.
Imran Khan has been advised to appear in person on next hearing again.
Updated at 6.22 PM
Amidst huge tear gassing and stone pelting , addition session judge Islamabad , Zafar Iqbal , permitted Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf (PTI) Chairman, Imran Khan, to record his attendence outside the Islamabad Judicial Complex (IJC) in his car and leave from the scene.
The additional session judge waited in his chamber for Imran Khan for hours to appear before him to hear the charges against him in Tosha Khana case, but the PTI chairman who was sitting in his bullet proof vehicle outside IJC could not ‘reach’ in the court room.
As a pre meditated strategy , PTI workers, meanwhile, started to pelt at the police that was stationed outside IJC for security which invited tear gassing for PTI workers. This episode became a regular scene of intermittent clashes between the police and PTI workers for hours today.
Imran Khan kept on sitting in his vehicle and seeing the situation outside IJC. The clashes between the police and PTI workers that lasted for more than two hours worked to the PTI plan aimed at delaying indictment of Imran Khan in Tosha Khana case.
ADSJ who had postponed the hearing for not ‘reaching’ of Imran Khan in the court room at around 3.30 PM finally observed that since the situation outside IJC was not permitting to start hearing in the case, the court allows Imran Khan to confirm his attendence from his vehicle parked outside IJC and the next hearing will be fixed after getting signature of PTI chairman.
Imran Khan’s chief staff officer , Shibli Faraz , later confirmed in his tweet that the process of taking signature has been completed and PTI chairman has left IJC for his residence.
Updated earlier at 1.30 PM
As Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf (PTI,) chairman, Imran Khan, heads for Islamabad to appear before a district and session judge , Lahore police have launched an operation clean up to remove the camps and barriers erected outside his residence Zaman park Lahore.
The police started operation outside Imran Khan’s residence and took into custody the material like bottles used by the PTI workers to throw petrol bombs on the police and Rangers during clashes early this week.
The police have arrested around 20 PTI workers during the operation clean up in Zaman park today.
Caretaker Information minister , Amir Mir, told a press conference in Lahore today that the operation clean up at Imran Khan has been launched to remove no go areas from there and arrest those miscreants who threw petrol bombs on the law enforcers early this week.
PTI chairman, Imran Khan, has vehemently criticised the police to conduct operation at Zaman park. He questioned as to under which law the police entered in his house in Zaman park.
PTI leader , Fawad Chaudhary, has said his party will challenge the police action in Zaman park in LHC.
The police which had support of the Rangers had begun an operation in Zaman park to disperse the PTI workers during their efforts to arrest Imran Khan on March 14,2023.
The clashes between the law enforcers and PTI workers outside Zaman continued for two days.
The law enforcers could not arrest Imran Khan . However, later on the instructions of the Lahore High Court (LHC) PTI chairman opted to surrender before the district and session judge Islamabad in Tosha Khana case today..
The district and session judge has summoned Imran Khan to indict him in Tosha Khana case.
Imran Khan is on his way to Judicial Commission in Islamabad to hear the charges in the case.
Meanwhile , Islamabad administration has issued a code of conduct for PTI chairman on the appearance in the court.
In order to maintain law and order , Islamabad police have permitted a few PTI leaders to enter into the court premises with Imran Khan..
The Islamabad administration has imposed section 144 in the capital territory to stop any public gathering in the city.
Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) has imposed ban on live and recorded coverage of any political rally and speeches with immediate effect.
