Imran Khan charged with attempted murder after police officer killed during protests in Pakistan

会员登录 - 在线投稿 - 设为首页 - 加入收藏 - 网站地图欢迎访问农村日报网！

主页政策解读农村天地德孝乡村致富达人电商/企业民生关注基层建设传媒热点 English

热门搜索：湖北英山湖北鄂州新闻安徽鸿诺湖北罗田惨案不网约车 4车

当前位置：主页 > English 正文

Imran Khan charged with attempted murder after police officer killed during protests in Pakistan

时间：2024-10-10 11:05 来源：未知作者：admin 阅读：次

Imran Khan has been caught up in some 150 legal cases since being ousted from the prime ministership in 2022.

In short:

Former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan has been charged with the attempted murder of a police man in Islamabad.

Officials accuse him of inciting violence at a protest where the officer was critically injured.

Mr Khan has not commented on the charge but has maintained he is a victim of a political witch-hunt since being ousted from office in 2022.

Pakistani police have charged former prime minister Imran Khan with attempted murder over the death of a police officer following violent protests in the country last weekend.

Officials said on Tuesday, local time, that Mr Khan, who has been behind bars since 2023, was accused of inciting people to violence.

Police allege he urged his followers to rally on his behalf and demand his release from prison, ultimately leading to the killing of officer Abdul Hameed.

According to police official Murtaza Qamar, the police officer was critically injured in clashes between Mr Khan's supporters and police in Islamabad and died in hospital.

Over the weekend, the country's capital was in complete lockdown, with mobile phone service suspended and key roads into Islamabad blocked with shipping containers to try to thwart the rally by tens of thousands of Mr Khan's supporters.

Police said dozens of officers were also injured when the protesters threw stones at them.

Supporters of Imran Khan's party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf have consistently rallied for his release.

Since his ouster in a no-confidence vote in parliament in 2022, Mr Khan has been Pakistan's top opposition leader but he has been caught up in more than 150 legal cases.

He has been sentenced in several, including to three years, 10 years, 14 years and seven years to be served concurrently under Pakistani law.

Mr Khan's convictions were later overturned in appeals but he cannot be freed due to other, pending cases against him.

Authorities went to extreme lengths to try to prevent protests in Islamabad last week.

He has maintained his innocence and has argued that the cases are an attempt to sideline him politically by keeping him out of the public area.

His Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, or PTI, has also been demanding his release.

Along with Mr Khan, a top elected official in the country's north-west, Ali Amin Gundapur, and hundreds of Mr Khan's supporters were charged on Tuesday with defying a ban on public rallies, attacking security forces and disrupting normal life over the weekend to pressure authorities to free the politician.

AP/ABC

By：https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-10-09/imran-khan-charged-with-attempted-murder-after-policemans-death/104447756

(责任编辑：admin)

顶一下

(0)

踩一下

(0)

上一篇：Elon Musk's X to be reinstated in Brazil after complying with Supreme Court demands
下一篇：Passport details of Australians travelling to Bali exposed in e-visa glitch