A Pakistan courtroom on Wednesday indicted former Prime Minister Imran Khan within the Toshakhana case on expenses of illegally promoting state items throughout his premiership between 2018-22, broadcaster Geo News reported. The indictment got here a day after Imran Khan was arrested by the nation’s paramilitary pressure on the orders of an anti-graft company in one other corruption case.

The embattled cricketer-turned-politician has been within the dock for purchasing items he obtained as Pakistan’s prime minister at a reduced worth from the state depository known as Toshakhana and promoting them for revenue. Established in 1974, the Toshakhana is a division beneath the executive management of the Cupboard Division and shops valuable items given to rulers, parliamentarians, bureaucrats, and officers by heads of different governments and states and international dignitaries.

Khan was current in an Islamabad district and periods courtroom the place decide Humayun Dilawar performed the listening to.

Pakistan’s GEO tv broadcast footage additionally confirmed Khan showing earlier than a decide at a brief courtroom inside a police compound on Wednesday in reference to the Al-Qadir Belief case. The previous premier was seen seated in a chair, holding paperwork. The decide is anticipated to rule on the request for a 14-day detention later within the day.

Khan’s arrest resulted in violent protests in a number of cities and assaults on army installations, forcing the federal government to deploy Military troops in elements of Pakistan’s Punjab.