RAWALPINDI: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan has admitted calling for a protest outside the Army headquarters in Rawalpindi before his arrest on Monday.
The former prime minister made the confession while talking to reporters during the hearing of the case at Adiala jails.
“Before my arrest, I called for a peaceful protest in front of the General Headquarters (GHQ),” Imran Khan said, adding that the police and Rangers raided my house in Zaman Park on March 14.
“Later on March 18, the law enforcers again forcefully barged into my house,” he said, adding that on the same day, the Judicial Complex witnessed shelling inside and outside its premises.
The cricketer-turned-politician referred to an incident last year when violent clashes broke out between his supporters and security personnel before his appearance in the court of Additional Sessions Judge Zafar Iqbal.
He then claimed that the government was planning to either assassinate him or arrest him in the court complex.
Recalling the March 18 incident, he said he understood he would be arrested, adding that he had then called for a peaceful protest outside the army headquarters before his arrest.
The PTI founder said his lawyers assured him that they would be part of the investigation and surrender to the police for arrest.
