Several senior officials from Khan’s party were among the 1,900 people detained

MADRID, May 11. (EUROPEAN PRESS) –

At least eight people have been killed and around 290 injured in Pakistan, in protests against the arrest of former Prime Minister Imran Jan, who has been accused of corruption.

There were also more than 1,900 people arrested, including vice-president of the opposition Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf party (PTI), Fawad Chaudhry, who, according to the ‘Dawn’ newspaper, was arrested overnight, the day after which Asad Umar, general secretary of PTI, was also detained. .

The party also condemned the arrest of Shah Mahmood Qureshi, former foreign minister and current vice president of PTI, who has been moved to an “undisclosed location.” They have shared videos of politicians who, speaking on camera, called for peaceful protests and “seeking justice and following the law” to continue.

As a consequence of the violent clashes, the Government ordered the deployment of the Army this Wednesday in the capital, Islamabad, and other cities in the northwest of the country, hot spots for demonstrations.

Jan was dismissed in October 2022 via a vote of no confidence in Parliament, approved after the Supreme Court overturned the then Prime Minister’s decision to dissolve Parliament and declare early elections following the refusal of the Legislature’s Presidency to hold a vote in the first instance. In November, the former prime minister was shot and injured after being shot during protests against the new government, led by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.

Now, he is being held as authorities investigate his involvement in a corruption case stemming from the alleged transfer of land to Al Qadir University in exchange for the return of money seized in Britain from Pakistani businessman Malik Riaz.

Both he and his wife, Bushra Bibi, are accused of being behind embezzling 50,000 million rupees (about 157 million euros) following a deal with a billionaire.