Imran Khan arrest updates: Pakistan high court upholds ousted PM's arrest ‘legal’

As protests intensify in Pakistan after the arrest of former Pakistan PM and PTI chief Imran Khan, private schools in the country to remain closed tomorrow, reports Pakistan's media. (ANI)

The top diplomats of the United States and Britain together called Tuesday for adherence to the "rule of law" in Pakistan after former prime minister Imran Khan's arrest triggered nationwide violence.

"We just want to make sure that whatever happens in Pakistan is consistent with the rule of law, with the constitution," US Secretary of State Antony Blinken told a joint news conference in Washington.

Foreign Secretary James Cleverly, speaking alongside Blinken, noted that Britain enjoyed "a longstanding and close relationship" with Commonwealth member Pakistan.

"We want to see peaceful democracy in that country. We want to see the rule of law adhered to," Cleverly said.

Both declined to comment in further detail, with Cleverly saying he had not been fully briefed on the situation. (AFP)

Pakistan high court ruled that country's former Prime Minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan's arrest in the Al-Qadir Trust case is 'legal', according to local media as quoted by ANI.

The British Council Pakistan Tuesday cancelled all Cambridge International, Pearson, University of London and IELTS exams that were scheduled to be held across Pakistan on Wednesday.

At least one person was reported killed in clashes between protesters and the military in Quetta, the capital of Balochistan province, with another five people wounded there, while about 15 injuries were reported amid similar violence in Karachi, Peshawar, Rawalpindi and Lahore. Police fired tear gas to disperse demonstrations.

According to the official Twitter handle of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, the president of its Sindh's chapter Ali Haider Zaidi Tuesday was abducted from Karachi.

ISI office attacked by violent mobs, twitter blocked in Pakistan , internet may be blocked soon.

Internet services has been suspended in Islamabad and Rawalpindi.

Indian defence forces keeping a close watch on the situation in Pakistan, in view of the developments there. Strong vigil being maintained by the forces along the Line of Control and the international border: Defence sources

Social media sites such as Twitter, Facebook and Youtube Tuesday were suspended in various parts of Pakistan, following the protests against the arrest of former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, according to news agency Reuters.

The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) workers and supporters of party chief Imran Khan on Tuesday evening stormed the army compounds of army commanders' residence in Lahore and army HQ in Rawalpindi following his arrest, ANI reported citing Pakistan media reports.

Supporters of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan throws stones on a water-cannon pouring water to disperse them protesting against the arrest of their leader in Lahore on Tuesday.

Khan was arrested Tuesday as he appeared in a court in the country’s capital, Islamabad, to face charges in multiple graft cases. Security agents dragged Khan outside and shoved him into an armored car before whisking him away.

Protests by PTI workers erupted across Pakistan after the arrest of their leader, former Prime Minister Imran Khan, ANI reported citing Geo News. Demonstrators chanted slogans demanding his release and calling for a shutdown of the country.

The protests were reported in several cities, including Lahore, Faizabad, Bannu, Peshawar, Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Karachi, Gujranwala, Faisalabad, Multan, and Mardan. In Karachi, clashes broke out between protesters and police, with reports of teargas shells being fired at the demonstrators.

Pakistan's Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah on Tuesday said that former prime minister Imran Khan was arrested for causing loss to the national treasury in a corruption case.

Protests erupted across Pakistan on Tuesday after former prime minister Imran Khan was arrested during a court appearance in the capital for one of dozens of cases pending since he was ousted last year. His arrest follows months of political crisis and comes hours after the powerful military rebuked the former international cricketer for alleging a senior officer had been involved in a plot to kill him.

After the arrest of former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan outside the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday, the IHC Chief Justice Aamer Farooq summoned the Islamabad Inspector General of Police (IGP) and the Interior Secretary within “15 minutes”, ANI reported citing Geo News.

A NAB official confirmed news agency PTI that said that Imran Khan has been arrested in the Al-Qadir Trust case which is about the setting up of Al-Qadir University for Sufism in the 2019 Sohawa area of Jhelum district of Punjab. Read more

Pakistan Interior Minister on Imran Khan arrest said that the PTI chief's land fraud is worth between PKR 5 to 7 billion and that Khan and his wife got huge lands from a property tycoon in return for a favour to him, Reuters reported.

Former PM and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan, who was arrested in the Al-Qadir Trust case, has been referred to a seven-member medical board at the Poly Clinic in Islamabad for a medical examination, ANI reported citing Pakistan's ARY News

Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan was granted interim bail by an anti-terrorism court on Tuesday for multiple cases just hours before he was arrested by paramilitary Rangers at the Islamabad High Court, news agency PTI reported.

"The arrest of Imran Khan is fascism, cruelty, terrorism and hooliganism, which is being shown in the whole world by beating Imran Khan. This is an incompetent failure of the government," senior PTI leader Sheikh Rashid Ahmed tweets

The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) workers on Tuesday took to streets to stage protest against the party chief and former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan in Islamabad.