PTI Chairman Imran Khan on Saturday decried a police operation that was under way at his Zaman Park residence in Lahore as he made his way to Islamabad, where he is to be indicted in the Toshakhana case. “Meanwhile Punjab police have led an assault on my house in Zaman Park where Bushra Begum is alone,” he said in a tweet. “Under what law are they doing this? This is part of London Plan where commitments were made to bring absconder Nawaz Sharif to power as quid pro quo for agreeing to one appointment.” Ex-premier claims govt intends to arrest him and bar him from leading election drive, calls it a part of “London plan;.

Earlier, in a video message, he said he was aware that the government would arrest him as he headed to the Islamabad court to attend the Toshakhana case hearing amid protracted efforts from law enforcers to apprehend him for missing previous hearings. “I am going to court despite knowing they’ll arrest me because I believe in the rule of law,” he said in a video message posted on Twitter.

The PTI leader is scheduled to appear before the court of Additional District and Sessions Judge (ADSJ) Zafar Iqbal to attend proceedings on the complaint filed by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) for allegedly concealing details of gifts in his assets declarations. He is set to be indicted in the case.

Imran, in a video message posted by the PTI, mentioned being delayed due to an accident while en route to an Islamabad court and claimed that a premeditated plan to arrest him was in place, alleging that it was part of a larger “London plan” orchestrated by former PM Nawaz Sharif. Accompanied by a convoy of his party workers, the PTI chief departed from his residence in Zaman Park, Lahore a little after 8am, and was en route to Islamabad, according to the party.

Credit : Independent News Pakistan-INP