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Journalist. National security & human rights MENA. War correspondent: Lebanon 2006, Iraq 1995-2003. Iran. Afg. Pakistan. Ex blue tick. Views strictly personal.

May 9, 2023, 6 tweets

Moments before the arrest of oustedb#Pakistan ex-PM #ImranKhan. He is wanted in multiple corruption cases, incl the multi-billion rupee Al-Qadir religious university corruption case that allegedly implicates him and his wife. Arrest was violently resisted. 📸 via @TheSaadKaiser

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Ousted ex-PM #ImranKhan's supporters resist the execution of a legal arrest order in a multi-billion rupee corruption case. More than a dozen #Pakistan law enforcement personnel injured by Khan's supporters.

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Some evidence is emerging that supports reports that a legal arrest warrant for the arrest of ousted ex-PM #ImranKhan in a major corruption case was violently obstructed by Khan's supporters.

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Some clips on social media, like this one, raise the question whether there was obstruction to justice on the part of ousted ex-PM #ImranKhan's supporters. #Pakistan law enforcement reports casualties when they came to execute a legal arrest warrant.

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The #PTI party disappeared when ousted ex-PM #ImranKhan was arrested in a legal arrest warrant in a major corruption case. Khan's trolls ambush social media through fake accounts but here he was either betrayed from within or surrendered part of a plan.

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This clip is raising questions about #ImranKhan's wheelchair and claims he cannot walk. The ousted ex-PM can be seen here walking without trouble. His critics claimed he used his months-long leg injury to avoid arrest in corruption cases.

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