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Pakistan’s military plans to keep me in jail for 10 years under sedition charges: Imran Khan
The Hindu
Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan claimed that the country’s powerful military establishment has planned to keep him in jail for the next 10 years under sedition charges and vowed to fight against the “assortments of crooks” till the last drop of his blood.
Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan claimed on May 15 that the country's powerful military establishment has planned to keep him in jail for the next 10 years under sedition charges and vowed to fight against the "assortments of crooks" till the last drop of his blood.
Mr. Khan is likely to appear before the Lahore High Court in connection with the cases registered against him for torching the house of the Corps Commander in Lahore and other incidents of violence that erupted after his arrest in a corruption case last week.
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The Islamabad High Court (IHC) had granted 70-year-old Mr. Khan bail, barring the authorities from arresting him in all the cases registered beyond May 9 and asked him to approach the Lahore High Court for further relief on May 15.
In a series of tweets in the early hours of Monday, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief said: "So now the complete London plan is out. Using the pretext of violence while I was inside the jail, they assumed the role of judge, jury and executioner. The plan now is to humiliate me by putting Bushra begum [Mr. Khan's wife] in jail, and using some sedition law to keep me inside for the next ten years."
The tweets came after Mr. Khan held a meeting of PTI leaders at his Lahore residence.
Mr. Khan, who has been on bail in more than 100 cases, further said: "To ensure that there is no public reaction, they have done two things — first deliberate terror is unleashed not just on PTI workers but on common citizens as well. Second, the media is totally controlled and muzzled."
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