A magistrate of the federal capital’s Margalla Police Station has issued an arrest warrant of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan.
According to media reports, the magistrate has issued the arrest warrant in the case pertaining to a speech of the PTI chairman during a rally on August 20, wherein he had uttered “threatening” remarks against Additional District and Sessions Judge Zeba Chaudhry.
Moreover, media has also reported that the arrest warrant was dated September 30 and had come to light after Imran Khan submitted an affidavit in the contempt of court case.
The FIR includes four sections of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC), including 506 (punishment for criminal intimidation), 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace), 189 (threat of injury to public servant), and 188 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant).
Earlier, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan had submitted his third affidavit in the contempt of court case against him in the Islamabad High Court (IHC).
Imran Khan, in the latest affidavit, has vowed to comply with his previous statement that he had given before the IHC during the last hearing of the case on September 22.
Imran had said that he was ready to apologize if the judges thought of him as crossing a red line. He had also said that his intention was not to threaten the judge as taking action meant legal action.
During the previous hearing, the IHC had decided not to frame charges in the contempt of court case against former prime minister. The proceedings had been deferred by the IHC after Imran had showed willingness to the woman judge.
He had stated that he was willing to go to the Sessions Judge Zeba Chaudhry personally to apologize. He had also said that anything like this would not be repeated by him in the future.
IHC CJ Justice Minallah had noted that it would not be appropriate to conduct contempt proceedings directing Imran to submit an affidavit in the light of his statement.
It is also pertinent to note that Imran Khan had gone to the court of the Sessions Judge Zeba Chaudhry on Friday for apology but the judge being on leave was not present in her chambers.
Imran had told the court reader that he had come to apologize asking the reader to stay witness for his appearance in her court.
