LAHORE: Punjab police on Saturday arrested 10 PTI workers for protesting a trial court’s conviction and sentencing of former prime minister Imran Khan in a Toshakhana case.
Khan, 70, was arrested from his Zaman Park home in Lahore on Saturday shortly after an Islamabad trial court found him guilty of “corrupt practices” in the Toshakhana corruption case and sentenced him to three-year imprisonment.
The case alleges that Khan “deliberately concealed” details of the gifts he retained from the Toshakhana, a repository where presents handed to government officials from foreign officials are kept, during his time as the prime minister and proceeds from their reported sales.
Punjab police said in a statement that they arrested 10 Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) workers outside the PTI chief’s home where they had gathered to protest against their leader’s arrest.
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“No protest has been reported in any other part of Lahore and elsewhere in Punjab, so far,” police said.
Only a handful of PTI supporters on Saturday took to the streets in Lahore to protest Khan’s arrest, they said.
The ruling PML-N workers gathered at Jauhar Town and celebrated the arrest of Khan on Saturday.
