In unprecedented scenes, supporters of former prime minister Imran Khan on Tuesday stormed the Pakistan Military headquarters within the garrison metropolis of Rawalpindi and the Corps Commander’s residence in Lahore after his dramatic arrest in a corruption case.

Khan, who travelled from Lahore to the federal capital Islamabad, was present process a biometric course of on the Islamabad Excessive Court docket when the paramilitary Rangers broke open the glass window and arrested him after beating attorneys and Khan’s safety workers.

The arrest of the 70-year-old Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chairman comes a day after the highly effective military accused him of levelling baseless allegations in opposition to a senior officer of the spy company ISI.

Because the information of his arrest by the Rangers unfold, large protests broke out in a number of cities throughout Pakistan. Protesters at a number of locations turned violent and burned police automobiles and broken public property.

The Rangers, which function beneath the Inside Ministry, are normally commanded by officers on secondment from the military.

For the primary time, Khan’s supporters smashed the primary gate of the military’s sprawling headquarters in Rawalpindi, the place troops exercised restraint. The protesters chanted slogans in opposition to the institution.

In Lahore, numerous PTI staff stormed into the Corps Commander Lahore residence and smashed the gate and window-panes. The military personnel current on obligation there, nevertheless, didn’t attempt to cease the enraged protesters who surrounded them and chanted slogans in opposition to the ‘handlers’ of the PML-N led authorities within the navy institution. The protesters held an illustration within the Cantonment space.

Lahore was just about reduce off from the remainder of the province due to the protest on major roads together with the entry and exit factors.

The caretaker Punjab authorities known as the Rangers to regulate the law-and-order state of affairs in essentially the most populous province and imposed part 144 beneath which no more than 5 folks can collect at one level.

In response to the House Division, the ban on gatherings will stay in place for 2 days.

The Punjab authorities additionally requested the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority to droop Web and cellular companies within the areas of the province the place violent protests happened.

A lot of PTI staff additionally pelted stones on the residence of Inside Minister Rana Sanaullah in Faisalabad metropolis. Equally, protests had been held in Multan, Jhang, Gujranwala, Sheikhupura, Kasur, Khanewal, Vehari, Gujranwala, Hafizabad and Gujrat cities.