INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Pakistani authorities on Sunday served arrest warrants to previous Prime Minister Imran Khan to ensure his appearance in court on charges of
misusing his office to sell state gifts, authorities said, after Khan&& s advocates attempted to avoid cops entry into his home, Reuters
reported.The election commission of Pakistan had in October discovered the 70-year-old cricket-hero-turned political leader guilty of
unlawfully selling presents from foreign dignitaries.The Federal Investigation Agency then submitted charges against him in an anti-graft
court, which last week provided the arrest warrants after Khan failed to appear in court regardless of duplicated summons.Khan has actually
been requiring a breeze election considering that his ouster from workplace in a parliamentary vote early last year, a need that was turned
down by his follower Shehbaz Sharif, who has said the vote would be held as scheduled later on this year, checked out the report.He led
countrywide demonstration projects to press for an early vote last year and was contended and wounded at one of the rallies.Referring to his
absence from court and the shooting incident, Khan said on Sunday: && They (the cops) understand there is a danger versus my life,& &
adding that the courts did not supply appropriate security.Khan&& s assistant Fawad Chaudhry said he couldn & t be jailed because he had
secured a protective bail from a high court.Chaudhry stated the government wanted to sow political chaos and avoid an early election by
detaining the previous premier, who was still popular amongst the country&& s youth and urban voters.Islamabad authorities said in a
declaration that when Khan wasn&& t discovered at his residence in Lahore, they served the arrest warrants, Reuters reported.Khan is
required to appear in court on March 7
If he fails to do so, cops will be needed to arrest him and present him to court, according to Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah.The post
Pakistani authorities serve arrest warrants to former PM Imran Khan first appeared on Ariana News.
