Former prime minister Imran Khan was arrested on Tuesday in connection with corruption involving the Al-Qadir University Trust.

The coalition government had accused Khan and his wife, Bushra Bibi, last year of obtaining land worth billions of rupees for their trust from Malik Riaz to build an educational institute, which according to the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), caused a loss of more than $239m to the national exchequer, reported Al Jazeera. 

“They provided Imran with the chance to give Pakistan its money back. He abused his office, the office of the prime minister of Pakistan,” he said.

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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.

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