A magistrate of Islamabad’s Margalla police station issued an arrest warrant against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Imran Khan on Saturday, in connection with a complaint filed on August 20 for his comments criticising Additional District and Sessions Judge Zeba Chaudhry, reports Pakistan’s Geo News.
#BreakingNews Arrest warrant issued for Former Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan in a case registered at Islamabad’s Police Station pic.twitter.com/Ie4OOGGX2O
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On August 21, a case was filed against Imran Khan following his speech. The warrant was issued after the leader of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf failed to appear in court to obtain bail in the case.
Khan threatened the cops and the female Judge during his speech. Notably, the Judge was involved in the case involving the physical remand of then-incarcerated Shahbaz Gill, who is accused of sedition. Imran made the threat after she extended Gill’s remand, reports Firstpost.
After his speech, Khan was booked under the Anti-Terrorism Act for threatening police, the judiciary, and other state institutions. Khan and his attorneys appeared in front of Judge Chaudhry.
Imran Khan appeared before a sessions court on Friday to personally apologise to Additional Sessions Judge Zeba Chaudhry, the female judge he allegedly threatened at a public rally, reports news agency PTI.
The court reader, Choudhry Yasir Ayaz, and stenographer Farooq, however, informed the PTI chief that the judicial magistrate was on leave, according to the Dawn newspaper. Khan then left Ayaz with a message for the judge.
“I have come to apologise to judicial magistrate Zeba Chaudhry,” he said to the court reader in a video shared on Twitter by the PTI.
“You must inform Madam Zeba Chaudhry that Imran Khan has visited and wishes to apologise if his words have offended her,” he said. The PTI chief then exited the courtroom.
(With Inputs From Agencies)
