A blasphemy case has been registered against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief Imran Khan and others in Faisalabad after Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif was allegedly hounded by the former PM’s supporters in Saudi Arabia’s Madina last Thursday.

Pakistan’s Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah has vowed that Imran Khan will be arrested in a case related to “hooliganism and sloganeering against PM Shehbaz Sharif and his delegation visiting Madina”, as per media reports.

Former interior minister Sheikh Rashid and Imran Khan’s chief of staff Shahbaz Gill, apart from others, have been named as accused in the case.

Blasphemy case registered against PTI chairman Imran Khan , former int minister Sheikh Rashid, IK’s chief of staff Shahbaz Gill and others in Faisalabad over Masjid e Nabawi, Madina incident pic.twitter.com/7Lgs2lT6nq

— Shahid Abbasi (@ShahidAbbasiPak) April 30, 2022

WHAT HAPPENED?

In video clips that emerged on social media, pilgrims – allegedly supporter of Imran Khan – shouted ‘chor‘ (thief) and ‘gaddar‘ (traitor) as soon as Shehbaz Sharif and other members of his delegation arrived at the Prophet’s Mosque in Madina last Thursday.

The Pakistani pilgrims also allegedly used abusive language against the delegation. The Madina police have claimed that five Pakistanis involved in the sloganeering have been arrested.

Meanwhile, in a TV interview on Saturday, Imran Khan distanced himself from the pilgrims and said he could “not even imagine asking anyone to carry out sloganeering at the sacred place.”

(With inputs from PTI)