Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said that former prime minister Imran Khan thinks that the Pakistani constitution does not apply to him, while responding to a question related to Imran Khan’s imminent arrest as per court’s orders which he has been trying to evade by pushing his supporters to engage in clashes with police officials outside his Lahore residence.
Mr Khan believes that the Pakistani constitution does not apply to him, that the Pakistan law doesn’t apply to him – FM @BBhuttoZardari in an interview with @kalpenn, @TheDailyShow
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Officials from law enforcement agencies have been trying to enter the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s chairman’s Zaman Park residence in Lahore since yesterday to arrest him in connection with the Toshkhana case. However, after the PTI chief asked his supporters to “come out on roads”, protests erupted in various cities of the country with the PTI supporters stopping security personnel from entering Imran Khan’s residence.
During the clash between the PTI supporters and security personnel outside Zaman Park, as many as 54 policemen have been injured so far.
Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari made the statement in an interview with Kal Penn, who also served as the White House staff member in the Barack Obama administration.
Host Kal Penn asked the foreign minister about the unrest in Pakistan over Imran Khan’s arrest and the former premier’s allegations that the coalition government is trying to arrest him so he could be disqualified from the upcoming elections.
To this, Bilawal Bhutto said that Pakistan is currently facing unprecedented political, economic, climate, and security challenges.
“Unfortunately in all this chaos, we have the question of Mr Khan, who believes the Pakistani constitution does not apply to him, Pakistan law does not apply to him,” he added.
The foreign minister said that Imran Khan is facing arrest because of his “ego” as he made a complete “mockery” of Pakistan’s judiciary system by not appearing before the courts. The courts finally ordered his arrest after he failed to show up during court hearings.
“He has violated the court’s orders by refusing to present himself for the hearings,” Bilawal Bhutto said.
Bilawal Bhutto said that PTI chief Imran Khan has called on his workers to confront the police and has created complete chaos in the country.
“Imran Khan is distracting people from the real issues,” the foreign minister said.
