Ousted Pakistan PM Imran Niazi booked underneath terror act, arrest possible | World News

Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan Niazi on Sunday was booked for threatening a choose and two prime police officers at a public assembly that passed off in Islamabad on Saturday. The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman was booked underneath the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA). An FIR has been filed in opposition to Niazi underneath Part 7 ATA for difficult judicial and regulation enforcement authorities.

There's additionally hypothesis about Niazi's arrest shortly or within the subsequent couple of days. Pakistan's inside minister Rana Sanaullah earlier on Sunday mentioned that the federal government was mulling to file a case in opposition to the previous prime minister for issuing threats to state establishments and making provocative statements whereas addressing the rally.

Niazi, whereas addressing a public gathering, threatened to file instances in opposition to prime police officers, a girl Justice of the Peace, the election fee of Pakistan and political opponents over the therapy meted out to his aide Shahbaz Gill, who was arrested final week on costs of sedition.

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Sanaullah alleged the speech by the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chief was a continuation of a pattern to focus on military and different establishments.

“That is all occurring in continuation — from a marketing campaign after Lasbela incident when six military officers had been killed adopted by Gill’s try to incite military ranks to go in opposition to their prime command after which Imran threatening a girl choose and police officers for performing their duties as per the regulation,” the minister mentioned.

His remarks got here after Pakistan’s digital media watchdog banned satellite tv for pc tv channels from broadcasting reside speeches of the ousted prime minister, hours after he threatened state establishments and made provocative statements whereas addressing the rally.

The Pakistan Digital Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) in a communique issued on Saturday mentioned tv channels regardless of repeated warnings had did not implement a time-delay mechanism to cease the published of fabric in opposition to “state establishments”.

The regulator mentioned his speeches had been in violation of Article 19 of the Structure and in opposition to the code of conduct for the media.

Reacting sharply to the ban imposed on the PTI chairman, the occasion mentioned the federal government of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has a fascist regime.

In the meantime, Niazi has mentioned he'll tackle a rally at Rawalpindi’s Liaquat Bagh floor in a while Sunday.