The Pakistan court on Wednesday indicted former Prime Minister Imran Khan in the Toshakhana case on charges of illegally selling state gifts during his premiership between 2018-22, broadcaster, Geo News reported.
The indictment came a day after Imran Khan was arrested by the country’s paramilitary force on the orders of an anti-graft agency in another corruption case.
Earlier in the day, violent clashes were reported from across country. Two people were killed and many others sustained injuries.
On Tuesday, Pakistan Rangers personnel arrested the former prime minister from the premises of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) — acting on National Accountability Bureau’s (NAB) warrant.
Following his arrest, the PTI urged supporters all across Pakistan to protest and “block all roads, close all shops”.
Subsequently, PTI workers held protests in several cities, including Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Lahore, Karachi, Gujranwala, Faisalabad, Multan, Peshawar, and Mardan.
In Karachi, demonstrators clashed with the police near Nursery. They threw stones at and set fire to police vehicles, tore down street lights, and damaged a bus. There were reports that police fired teargas shells at the protesters.
Protesters also caused damage to public property in other cities, including Rawalpindi and Lahore.
