Senior PTI leader Fawad Chaudhry said that the chief justice of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) was not “immune to arrest”, adding that the police had blatantly refused to follow the orders issued by the country’s judges.

“The chief justice could also be picked up, and he will not be able to do anything about it,” Fawad told reporters in Islamabad.

He pointed out that police had blatantly disregard the IHC chief justice’s directives to avoid arresting anyone. He suggested that the court should be shut down if the orders of top judges were not being followed.

He also questioned the IHC chief justice’s motives behind issuing a show-cause notice to the interior secretary and Islamabad police chief, given that the court itself had deemed Imran’s arrest legal.

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