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ISLAMABAD: Imran Khan, Pakistan's former Prime Minister, has blamed the country’s army leader for his "abduction" on May 9 and distanced himself from the unrest that erupted in numerous towns following his incarceration.
On Friday, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) granted bail to the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) head in a fraud case. The court also prevented officials from arresting Imran Khan until May 15.
Imran Khan stepped up his assault against Pakistan's powerful military only moments after being granted bail.
According to reports, Imran Khan is the first politician to seek redress from the Supreme Court. Until now, the court has never granted bail to another lawmaker.
“I am sitting in the Islamabad High Court. They had no justification to arrest me. I was abducted. They showed me a warrant for the first time after taking me to jail. This happens only where there is a law of the jungle and where the Army abducts [people],” he said.
“Where is the law? Where are the police? It seems that martial law has been declared [in the country],” Imran Khan said.
Imran Khan told foreign media in court that he was mistreated and beaten on the head with a baton during his arrest.
He did, however, describe his treatment while in the custody of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) as "fair."
The former Pakistan Prime Minister stated that what occurred following his incarceration was beyond his control.“How could I be blamed for those incidents that happened while I was in custody?” while responding to opponents who blamed him for violent protests and destruction to private and public property during the widespread unrest, he pondered.
Imran Khan was deposed from office in April last year after losing a no-confidence vote in his leadership, which he claimed was part of a US-led plot targeting him because of his independent foreign policy decisions on Russia, China, and Afghanistan.
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