A Pakistani court indicted former Prime Minister Imran Khan and dozens of his associates on charges of inciting attacks against military and government installations. Khan pleaded not guilty, facing trial under strict anti-terrorism laws that could result in life imprisonment. Additionally, opposition leader Omar Ayub Khan was arrested on similar charges.
Pakistan 's former prime minister Imran Khan , right, and Bushra Bibi, his wife, are pictured in Lahore, Pakistan , in July, 2023.A Pakistan i court on Thursday indicted imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan and dozens of his associates on charges of inciting people to attack military and government installations last year, officials and his party said.
PTI said that top party official Omar Ayub Khan, the current opposition leader in Parliament, also was arrested by police on Thursday. He was wanted on separate charges that included incitement of violence in the capital last week. Thousands of demonstrators attacked the military’s headquarters in the garrison city of Rawalpindi, stormed an air base in Mianwali in the eastern Punjab province and torched a building housing state-run Radio
Authorities say that during the May 9, 2023 riots, demonstrators targeted military installations because Khan had repeatedly blamed his removal on the United States and Pakistan’s military, which has ruled the country for half of its history since its independence from British colonial rule in 1947.
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