Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has been taken into custody by paramilitary forces, local GEO TV reported on Tuesday.
Mr Khan was taken into custody from a court premises in Islamabad in a corruption case, the broadcaster reported.
“Islamabad High Court has been occupied by Rangers, lawyers are being subjected to torture, Imran Khan’s car has been surrounded,” Imran Khan’s aide and his party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Fawad Chaudhry tweeted in Urdu.
“Imran Khan has been abducted by Rangers from inside the Islamabad High Court.
The party has given a call to immediately start protests across Pakistan,” PTI leader Azhar Mashwani tweeted.