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Nationwide riots on this ‘darkish day’ final yr sparked a months-long political disaster that noticed the jailing of former Prime Minister Imran Khan and a crackdown on his social gathering.
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has deliberate rallies throughout the nation on Thursday to mark one yr for the reason that arrest of its chief and former Prime Minister Imran Khan.
Cricketer and politician Khan was arrested on today final yr, sparking a political disaster that lasted for months, with the PTI chief jailed once more in August on a number of severe costs and a authorities crackdown on his social gathering.
The 71-year-old Khan continues to be embroiled in a slew of circumstances during which he has been convicted and is at the moment being held in Rawalpindi metropolis’s Adiala jail.
Here’s a abstract of the lead-up to Khan’s arrest on Could 9, 2023, and the important thing occasions which have occurred since:
2022
April 10: Khan loses a no-confidence vote in parliament, forcing him to be faraway from energy. He claims there’s a US-backed conspiracy to fireplace him. Rival Shehbaz Sharif of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PMLN) social gathering turns into prime minister. The US has denied any position in Khan’s removing from energy.
October 21: Pakistan’s Election Fee disqualifies Khan as an MP after discovering him responsible of ‘corrupt practices’, two months after he was charged within the state presents case, alleging he offered presents introduced from overseas had obtained when he was in energy.
November 3: An assassination try is made on Khan as he leads a protest within the metropolis of Wazirabad in Punjab province to demand early elections.
2023
Could 9: Khan is arrested in a corruption case whereas showing in court docket within the capital Islamabad, sparking nationwide protests from his supporters who blame the army for orchestrating the arrest. The army has persistently denied any position in Khan’s authorized or political troubles.
PTI supporters protest towards Khan’s arrest in Karachi on Could 9, 2023 (Sabir Mazhar/Anadolu)
Could 11: Amid lethal PTI-led protests, Pakistan’s Supreme Courtroom says Khan’s arrest is illegitimate and orders his speedy launch.
Could 17: Authorities declare Khan is hiding Could 9 rioters at his residence in Lahore. Pakistan’s Nationwide Safety Committee approves the army’s resolution to strive the arrested protesters in army courts.
August 5: Police arrest Khan in Lahore after an Islamabad court docket sentences him to 3 years in jail for illegally promoting authorities presents.
August 6: Pakistan’s election panel bans Khan from politics for 5 years following his conviction within the authorities reward case.
August 9: President Arif Alvi dissolves the nation’s Nationwide Meeting, the decrease home of parliament, paving the best way for elections.
August 14: A transitional authorities takes workplace led by Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar.
August 20: Khan’s shut aide and former Overseas Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi is arrested within the state secrets and techniques or encryption case – which refers back to the leak of a secret diplomatic cable. Khan claims his accusation proves the US was concerned in his removing from energy.
October 21: Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, elder brother of Shehbaz Sharif, returns to Pakistan from self-exile in Britain. Just a few days after his arrival, the Islamabad Excessive Courtroom granted him bail in a number of corruption circumstances.
October 24: A five-member bench of the Supreme Courtroom declares the army trial of civilians in Could 9 circumstances unconstitutional.
November 21: Islamabad Excessive Courtroom declares Khan’s jail trial unlawful and drops his costs within the encryption case.
December 14: A six-member bench of the Supreme Courtroom upholds a authorities enchantment towards the October 24 ruling. This enables the army trial towards the Could 9 suspects to proceed.
2024
January 13: Khan’s PTI is banned from utilizing the long-lasting cricket bat image because it doesn’t maintain elections inside the social gathering. PTI-backed candidates are compelled to contest the elections as independents.
January 30: Khan is sentenced to 10 years in jail within the cypher case.
January 31: A court docket in Rawalpindi sentences Khan and his spouse, Bushra Bibi, to 14 years within the state reward case.
February 3: One other court docket in Rawalpindi sentences Khan and Bibi to seven years, saying their marriage violates Islamic legislation.
February 8: Pakistan holds parliamentary and provincial elections. PTI claims there’s widespread election fraud – allegations the federal government denies.
February 13: PMLN and Pakistan Individuals’s Get together (PPP) together with different allies kind the federal government regardless of PTI-backed MPs rising as the most important bloc in Parliament.
March 11: Police arrest greater than 100 PTI supporters protesting alleged election rigging.
April 1: Islamabad Excessive Courtroom suspends jail sentences of Khan and Bibi in state reward case.
Could 8: Bibi, who was underneath home arrest at Khan’s Bani Gala residence in Islamabad, is transferred to Adiala jail.
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