Contempt action against Imran Khan(Imran Khan)

New Delhi. Pakistan’s top election body on Monday issued a non-bailable arrest warrant against former prime minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan (Imran Khan) in a contempt case. In the order, he has asked the Islamabad Police to arrest him and produce him before the body by 10 am on Tuesday. , states: “…the said person has failed to appear before the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) despite notices and bailable arrests on January 16 and March 2.

The Commission, in exercise of the powers vested under Section 4(2) of the Election Act, 2017 and other enabling provisions of the Act and Rules, has issued a non-bailable warrant of arrest of Imran Ahmed Khan Niazi…,” it said, to be produced on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, a Pakistani court on Monday initiated the process of declaring two sisters and a nephew of Imran Khan as proclaimed offenders in a case related to the attack on the historic Corps Commander’s House here following the former prime minister’s arrest in an alleged corruption case in May. On 9 May, the Corps Commander’s House, also known as Jinnah House, was vandalized and torched by a mob of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf supporters following the arrest of party chief Khan from the Islamabad High Court.

Accused relatives and party leaders were continuously missing from the court hearing
“The Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) Lahore has initiated the process of declaring former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s two sisters – Alima Khan and Dr Uzma – and her nephew Hassan Niazi and 19 other PTI leaders as criminals for their alleged involvement in the attack on the Lahore Corps Commander’s House, following their continuous absence from court hearings,” a court official after the hearing. The ATC ordered the release of an advertisement in newspapers for August 16, directing the suspects to appear in the next court proceedings. hearing otherwise he will be declared a proclaimed offender. Prominent among PTI leaders facing proclaimed offender status are Senator Azam Swati; and former ministers Murad Sayeed, Ali Amin Gandapur, Farooq Habib, Miyan Aslam and Hammad Azhar.