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The new case adds to the legal troubles Imran Khan has faced since he was ousted as prime minister last April.
The Pakistan Election Commission has issued an arrest warrant against Imran Khan who will not be released on bail in the latest legal battle against the former prime minister.
The latest case came on Monday, the same day Khan was released on bail by the Supreme Court in another case. Khan has been hit with more than 150 cases, including “terrorism”, since he was ousted as prime minister in a no-confidence vote in parliament last April.
The warrant, issued in Islamabad, said Khan was in contempt for the procedure of the Election Commission and had failed to appear before the commission despite previous notices and bail orders.
Khan’s Pakistani Tehreek-e-Insaf party posted an image of the warrant and said it was received by a member of his legal team at Khan’s residence in Lahore.
“The notification from the Election Commission of Pakistan was received at the residence of Chairman Tehreek-e-Insaaf. The notice was received by Rai Muhammad Ali Advocate, a member of the legal team. The Election Commission has requested the chairman Tehreek-e-Insaf to appear on July 25. Chairman Tehreek-e-Insaf will appear before the Election Commission tomorrow,” said Monday’s post.
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The 70-year-old politician is accused of using “excessive language and derogatory remarks” against the election commission.
It has ordered the capital’s police inspector general to arrest Khan and present him to the election commission on Tuesday.
Shortly after the arrest warrant, Khan said in a speech to his supporters on YouTube that he was “ready for jail”.
Khan, now the main opposition leader, has used his strong social media following to address his supporters as Pakistan’s media regulator has banned local television channels from broadcasting his speeches and mentioning him.
“The media is under their control and they have turned every television channel into state media,” he said of the ban.
Another criminal case against Khan was announced last week when the interior minister said the government would open criminal proceedings against Khan on charges of disclosing official secrets related to diplomatic correspondence between Washington and Islamabad.
In his speech late Monday, Khan said he would appear at a Federal Investigation Agency hearing on the case on Tuesday, but claimed any case against him was “bogus” and “bogus”.
The former prime minister claimed that Home Secretary Rana Sanaullah wants to put him behind bars and acted as “judge, jury and executioner”.
Khan was arrested by Pakistani authorities in May in connection with a corruption case that sparked deadly unrest across the country. He was released on bail within days.
Last month, the army fired three senior officers, including a lieutenant general, over violent attacks on military assets by supporters of the former prime minister to protest his arrest.
Khan has blamed his ouster on the mighty military, which remains de facto ruler of the South Asian nation of more than 200 million people.
