Police bulldozed the main gate and took more than 60 of his supporters into custody as the former prime minister was appearing in court in the capital Islamabad.

“The assault on my house today was first of all a contempt of court. We had agreed that an SP with one of our people would implement a search warrant bec we knew otherwise they would plant stuff on their own, which they did. Under what law did they break the gate, pull down trees & barge into the house heavily armed,” Imran Khan wrote on Twitter.

Khan said that former first lady Bushra was at the property when police stormed.

“Worse, they did this after I left to present myself before Islamabad court, & Bushra bibi, a totally private nonpolitical person, was alone in the house. This is a total violation of the Islamic principle of sanctity of chadar & char diwari,” Khan said.

He also emphasized that he was going to immediately take up the contempt issue, violation of the sanctity of his home & the violence against his workers and his domestic staff with the Judiciary.

The protests are due to the cases against former Prime Minister Imran Khan as the district and sessions court of Islamabad issued an arrest warrant. In Zaman Park, there was intense shelling. All routes leading to the park were blocked due to the protests.

A Toshakhana reference case had been registered against Imran Khan by the Election Commission of Pakistan and he was constantly staying away from the hearing, as a result the district and sessions court of Islamabad again issued an arrest warrant and ordered the police to produce him at the next hearing.

On the other hand, Imran says that the arrest aims at election removal. (ILKHA)