Imran Khan, the leader of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), was arrested for threatening a judge and two senior police officers at a public assembly that was held at the F-9 Park late on Saturday night, according to local media.
Khan was detained in accordance with the Anti-Terrorism Act, according to The News International (ATA).
Imran Khan, the leader of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, threatened an Islamabad police official and a female magistrate at a speech in Islamabad, prompting a ban on live broadcasts of his talks by Pakistan’s media regulatory body.
Imran’s recorded address would only be allowed to air if an adequate delay mechanism was in place to provide effective monitoring and editorial control, according to the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA).
According to the PEMRA’s notification, “Chief PEMRA hereby prohibits the broadcast of Mr. Imran Khan’s live speech on all satellite TV channels with immediate effect, in the exercise of delegated powers of the Authority vested in Section 27(a) of the PEMRA Ordinance 2002 as amended by PEMRA (Amendment) Act 2007.”
Hours after pledging to bring legal action against Islamabad’s inspector general, deputy inspector general, and female magistrate for “torturing” Shahbaz Gill, PEMRA issued this suspension on all satellite channels.
According to Geo News, Imran claimed that Gill was “caught and tortured” to convey a message and inspire fear in the populace that if he could be mentally damaged, anyone might.
Khan had earlier on Saturday linked the current state of affairs in Pakistan to the selection of the chief of the army staff, calling it “unfortunate” that everything in the nation was centered around that one appointment.
After making contentious comments on television about the Pakistani army that the nation’s media regulator regarded to be “extremely hostile and seditious,” Gill was detained by the police on August 9.
A close associate of Imran was detained on suspicion of conspiring with a private TV news outlet to spread anti-state propaganda.