In an address to the nation late Wednesday, Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif - who took over after Khan was removed in April last year i n a no-confidence vote in parliament - said the unrest by the former premier’s followers had “damaged sensitive public and private property,” forcing him to deploy the military in Islamabad, in Punjab - Pakistan’s most populous province - and in volatile regions of the northwest.įollowing the violence, the government shut down schools, colleges and universities in Punjab and northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces, where Khan has a massive grassroots following and where most of the violence was reported. On Thursday, police filed new terrorism charges against Khan and top leaders of his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party for allegedly inciting mobs to violence. Demonstrators burned down a railway station on the outskirts of the capital, Islamabad, on Wednesday night. A mob set fire Tuesday to the sprawling residence of a top army commander in Lahore, Pakistan’s second-largest city.

Protesters torched trucks, cars and police vehicles in the streets and blocked highways. In the violence that ensued, at least 10 of his supporters were killed and dozens were injured, along with more than 200 police officers hurt. Police have filed charges against ex-Prime Minister Imran Khan, 17 of his aides and scores of supporters, accusing them of terrorism and other offenses. World & Nation Pakistani police file terrorism charges against ex-prime minister Khan

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