Imran Khan was arrested on May 9, 2023 by paramilitary Rangers on charges brought by the country’s anti-corruption agency. He was present at the Islamabad High Court for the hearing of a corruption case when he was arrested. The arrest came a day after he took on the country's powerful army for allegedly hatching a plot to kill him.
Chief Justice at the Islamabad High Court (IHC) Aamer Farooq Tuesday took strong exception over the arrest taking place at the IHC premises, following the arrest of former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, earlier in the day, from outside the court, Dawn reported. The additional attorney general retorted whether the parking lot and other areas of the IHC should be considered the same as the courtroom, the Dawn report said. According to Fawad Chaudhry, the official spokesperson of Imran Khan’s party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, the ex-PM had been “abducted from Court premises. Scores of lawyers and general people have been tortured.”