PML-N leader Shahid Khaqan Abbasi says Imran Khan, when he was prime minister, arrested many of the members of his party “without any charge or investigation” by the very same anti-graft body that now has him in custody.

Speaking with CNN’s Christina Macfarlane, he said he had been through hundreds of such investigations and a trial for Imran would still be at a later stage. “He had many opportunities to do away with this particular law — which he did not.”

Former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi speaking to CNN’s Christina Macfarlane on Wednesday.—Screengrab from CNN video
Former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi speaking to CNN’s Christina Macfarlane on Wednesday.—Screengrab from CNN video

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