Pakistan’s government is holding legal consultations on whether to open a case against former leader Imran Khan over remarks he made about state institutions in a speech on Saturday, local reports said.
During a news briefing on Sunday, Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah said the speech continued a trend by Khan of targeting the army, judiciary and police, according to the reports, including from Dawn newspaper and Press Trust of India. He said discussions would take place with the law ministry and other senior government legal officials before a decision is made in a couple of days, reports said.
Khan’s supporters gathered in Islamabad on Sunday night following a separate report that he would be arrested after a complaint over the speech was formally filed with police in Pakistan’s capital, reports said. The first information report, which was registered under Pakistan’s anti-terrorism act, said that Khan "terrorized and threatened top police officials” and a female judge during the speech, Press Trust of India said.